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APPENDIX Tarsus and wing lengths of 31 arboreal insectivorous migrant species captured at Gulf Coast stopover sites 
in spring, 1993-1995. 
Tarsus (mm) 
Wing (mm) 
Species 
n 
Mean ± SD 
» 
Mean ± SD 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 
50 
24.9 ± 3.0 
56 
143.5 ± 4.6 
Acadian Flycatcher 
116 
15.8 ± 1.7 
138 
71.3 ± 4.1 
Eastern Wood-Pcwee 
130 
13.8 ± 1.0 
149 
83.1 ± 3.1 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 
55 
17.2 ± 3.4 
63 
56.4 ± 2.6 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 
35 
16.5 ± 2.4 
41 
50.9 ± 1.8 
White-eyed Vireo 
274 
18.6 ± 3.2 
300 
59.7 ± 3.7 
Blue-headed Vireo 
20 
18.0 ± 4.1 
20 
74.0 ± 1.8 
Yellow-throated Vireo 
38 
16.9 ± 4.0 
42 
73.8 ± 2.1 
Philadelphia Vireo 
28 
16.7 ± 1.3 
29 
65.4 ± 2.1 
Red-eyed Vireo 
673 
15.3 ± 3.0 
856 
78.1 ± 2.5 
Blue-winged Warbler 
47 
16.7 ± 1.4 
56 
58.1 ± 2.7 
Golden-winged Warbler 
13 
16.8 ± 1.4 
16 
59.7 ± 2.1 
Tennessee Warbler 
292 
16.6 ± 1.6 
296 
62.2 ± 2.3 
‘tonhem Parula 
57 
16.4 ± 2.0 
62 
54.9 ± 2.6 
Yellow Warbler 
30 
15.6 ± 3.5 
32 
61.1 ± 3.0 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 
71 
16.0 ± 3.2 
75 
61.7 ± 2.6 
Magnolia Warbler 
237 
16.3 ± 3.1 
265 
58.6 ± 2.4 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 
1,253 
16.8 ± 3.8 
1.395 
71.8 ± 2.7 
Blue);-throated Green Warbler 
21 
16.7 ± 2.9 
21 
61.1 ± 2.2 
Blackburnian Warbler 
17 
16.1 ± 2.6 
17 
67.4 ± 1.8 
Bay-breasted Warbler 
152 
15.9 ± 3.4 
172 
72.4 ± 2.7 
Cerulean Warbler 
13 
16.6 ± 1.6 
15 
63.5 ± 2.0 
Black-and-white Warbler 
292 
16.7 ± 2.2 
315 
67.9 ± 2.7 
Amencan Redstart 
80 
16.8 ± 1.6 
88 
61.0 ± 2.2 
fYothonotary Warbler 
132 
16.5 ± 3.5 
155 
68.2 ± 3.0 
Worm-eating Warbler 
149 
16.3 ± 3.7 
185 
68.1 ± 2.6 
106 
20.2 ± 2.1 
134 
54.2 ± 2.9 
Hooded Warbler 
392 
19.4 ± 2.7 
468 
64.1 ± 2.7 
Canada Warbler 
41 
17.9 ± 3.8 
43 
64.5 ± 1.7 
228 
18.6 ± 4.0 
302 
91.2 ± 3.8 
Scarlet Tanager 
132 
18.3 ± 3.3 
188 
92.1 ± 3.5 
