Plate CL. Male.
Wings long, with the second quill longest, the third slightly shorter,
the first considerably longer than the fourth, upper parts light
yellowish-olive, crown of the head deep grey, bordered on each side by
a blackish line, below which is a band of white; quills and
tail-feathers brown, margined with greenish-yellow; lower parts
greyish-white, the sides greenish-yellow; iris red.
_Male_, 5-1/2, 9.
From Texas to Nova Scotia, and through the interior. Accidental in the
Fur Countries. Abundant. Migratory.
Red-eyed Flycatcher, Muscicapa olivacea, Wils. Amer. Orn. v.
ii. p. 55.
Vireo olivaceus, Bonap. Syn. p. 71.
Vireo olivaceus, Red-eyed Greenlet, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor.
Amer. v. ii. p. 233.
Red-eyed Vireo, Vireo olivaceus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p.
287; v. v. p. 430.