THE RED-EYED VIREO. 
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Quills dusky, olivaceous on the outer margin, white on the inner. Tail 
wood-brown. The lower parts are white, the breast and sides tinged with 
pale yellow. 
Length b\ inches, extent of wings 9 ; bill along the back nearly along 
the edge 8 twelfths ; tarsus 8 twelfths. 
The female resembles the male, but is of a duller white beneath. 
From Texas to Nova Scotia, and through the interior. Accidental in 
the Fur Countries. Abundant. . Migratory. 
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Honey-Locust. 
Gleditschia triacanthos, Willd ., Sp. PI., vol. iv. p. 1097. Pursh , Flor. Amer 
Sept. vol. i. p. 221. — Polygamia Dicecia, Linn. — Leguminos^e, Jus7. 
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FAMILY XXI. — PIPRINiE. MANAKINS. 
Bill short, stout, straight, depressed, being much broader than high at 
the base, with the dorsal line arched, the ridge narrow, the sides sloping, 
the gap-line straightish or slightly arched, the notches rather large, the tip 
very small and declinate. Head rather large, broadly ovate ; neck short ; 
body compact. Tarsus of moderate length, compressed, with seven anterior 
scutella ; toes small, the hind one not much stouter, the lateral equal. Claws 
moderate, arched, compressed, acute. Plumage soft, full, and blended. 
Wings of moderate length, broad, and rounded. Tail short or of moderate 
length, generally rounded. Roof of upper mandible concave, with a promi- 
nent median line ; tongue triangular, horny, thin-edged, rather obtuse, 
bristly at the end ; oesophagus wide, without dilatation ; stomach rather 
small, roundish, moderately muscular, with a dense rugous epithelium ; 
intestine short, of moderate width ; coeca very small. 
