BIRDS OF HAITI AND SAN DOMINGO. 



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FAMILY 



VIREONIDiE. 



Subfamily, VIREONIN^. 



Genus: VIREO. Vieill. 

 VIREO: VIEILLOT, OlS. AM., SEPT. I. p. S3, 1807. 



VIREO CALIDRIS. {Linn.) 



Motacilla calidris. "Linn, Syst. Nat., ioth Ed., p. 184 (1758)." 

 Mtiscicapa altiloqua. Vieill., Ois. Am., Sept. I. p. 67 (1807). 

 Vireo altiloqua. Gray, Genera. — Salle (Sclater), P. Z. S., 1857, 



p. 231. — March, Pr. Acad. N. Sc., 1863, p. 294. 

 Vireosylvia olivacea. Gosse, Bds. Jam., p. 194 (1847). 

 Vireosylvia calidris. Bd., Rev., p. 329 (1874). 



Vireo calidris. Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XI. p. 93 (1866) 

 Vireo altiloquus barbatuliis. Cab. — Cory, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 VI. p. 152 (1881). 



Sp. Char., Male. — Crown, grayish, but showing a slight olive 

 tinge ; upper parts, dull olive green ; a buff superciliary line and a 

 dusky stripe through the eye ; a narrow dusky maxillary line half- 

 way down the sides of the throat; sides, pale yellowish olive; lining 

 of wings and under tail coverts, pale yellow; tail, olive. 



The sexes are similar. 



Length 5.80; wing 3.20; tail 2.50; tarsus .68; bill .60. 

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