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INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS. 
eye and lower parts whitish ; near the breast and sides under the 
wings tinged with pale-greenish yellow. Wings greyish-brown, 
edged with pale olive-green, inclining to grey. The tail also simi- 
larly edged, and slightly forked. Legs, feet, and bill above, lead- 
color ; the lower mandible pale flesh-color. Iris dark hazel. The 
sexes nearly alike. 
(Vireo olivaceus, Bonap. Musicapa olivacea , Lin. Wilson, ii. p. 55. 
pi. 12. fig. 3. Philad. Museum, No. 6675.) 
Sp. Charact. — Yellow-olive ; crown ash, with a dark lateral line ; 
line over the eye, and all beneath, whitish ; wings without bands ; 
irids red ; 1st primary much longer than the 5th. — Young with 
the eye dark hazel. 
This common and indefatigable songster appears to 
inhabit every part of the American continent from Lab- 
rador to the large tropical islands of Jamaica and St. 
Domingo ; they are likewise resident in the mild table 
land of Mexico. # Those who pass the summer with us, 
however, migrate to the warmer regions at the com- 
mencement of winter, as none are found at that season 
within the limits of the United States. The Red-Eyed 
* Bullock’s memoirs on the birds' of Mexico. 
