VIREO. 475 



Young : Above plain olive-gray, becoming more oliva- 

 ceous posteriorly; middle and greater wing-coverts 

 broadly tipped with, pale buff, tertials broadly edged 

 with yellowish white, secondaries narrowly edged with 

 olive-yellowish, and primaries with pale grayish or 

 grayish white; lower parts white, passing into very 

 pale buffy yellow on flanks and under tail-coverts; 

 head-markings as in adult, but supraloral streak white, 

 passing into pale yellowish over eye, and lores dull 

 grayish.) 

 g\ Smaller and brighter colored, the supraloral streak, 

 etc., deeper yellow, the sides and flanks bright 

 sulphur-yellow ; length 4.50-5.00, wing 2.35-2.50, 

 tail 1.90-2.10, culmen (from base) .55-.58, bill from 

 nostril .27-.30, tarsus .72-78. Nest in bushes, in 

 thickets or along borders of woods or swamps. 

 Eggs .75 X .55. Sab. Eastern "United States, 

 west to Eocky Mountains; south, in winter, 

 through eastern Mexico to Guatemala; resident 

 in Bermudas.. 631. V. noveboracensis (G-mel.). 



White-eyed Vireo. 

 g*. Larger and duller colored, the yellow everywhere 

 paler, that on sides and flanks sometimes a 

 mere tinge of pale sulphur-yellow ; length about 

 5.00, wing 2.35-2.50, tail 2.10-2.20, culmen (from 

 base) .60-65, bill from nostril .32-.35, tarsus 

 .78-.82. Sab. Key West, Florida. 



— . V. noveboracensis maynardi Brewst. 



Key West Vireo. 1 

 Wings dull dusky grayish, the middle and greater coverts 

 narrowly and not very sharply tipped with dull white. 

 Top of head and hind-neck dull brownish gray, gradually 

 changing to grayish olive-green on back, scapulars, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts ; a rather indistinct loral 

 streak and interrupted orbital ring, dull white ; cheeks 

 and ear-coverts light brownish gray, fading gradually 

 into dull white or buffy white of throat ; median lower 

 parts white, the breast usually faintly tinged with 

 sulphur-yellow; sides and flanks sulphur -yellow, 

 tinged with olive ; under tail-coverts and under wing- 

 coverts clear pale sulphur-yellow; length 4.20-5.25, 

 wing 2.05-2.30 (2.18), tail 1.80-1.95 (1.88), bill from 

 nostril .28-.30 (.29), tarsus .70-.75 (.72). Nest in 



1 Vireo noveboracenais maynardi Brkwst., MS. 



