. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. VIRE( )NrD.'I-: â THE VIREOS. 391 Ano Ijer nest West Texas, obtained by C'aptain Pope, is essen- tially d, lerent ,n its general characteristics. It is three inches in diame- ter, and but one incli and three quarters high. The opening is circular but only one and a halt inches wi,le. Below the rim the cavity widens until :s two and a halt inches in diameter. The outer nest is up o/a interweaving of hne strips of bark and dry leaves, with and hrmly bound around by str
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. VIRE( )NrD.'I-: â THE VIREOS. 391 Ano Ijer nest West Texas, obtained by C'aptain Pope, is essen- tially d, lerent ,n its general characteristics. It is three inches in diame- ter, and but one incli and three quarters high. The opening is circular but only one and a halt inches wi,le. Below the rim the cavity widens until :s two and a halt inches in diameter. The outer nest is up o/a interweaving of hne strips of bark and dry leaves, with and hrmly bound around by strong fibres of different plants. Within It is lined with hue flexible grasses and steins of plants The ,^ of' this .species are from .73 to .70 of an inch in length, and from .02 to .5b m breadth. They are pure white, sparingly spotted wih fine r dots distributed around the laroer end. o J- i t^u niic len Vireo pusillus, Coles. VIREO. nrcopusmu., r,H-Ks. A. N. Se. Phila. 1866. - Rev. Am. R. 360. - Elliot, Illu .^,,.d«^ ,,.Ku, I, 1370. Ui. > rirco helli, VooLl Ti: Cal. Acad. 1S61, 122 (Fort iloliave)." ' ^"""â¢''' but nallc . IM very .s,âall; lo,> AViâ,,s about equal tâ the tail, wbicl. i lengtheue., grac uate, with tbo IL-athcs nanow and poiatui Exposed p rt J fir prmiai-y about hair that of the sec- t-u pai i, oi ursi end, which intermediate between .seventh and eighth; the fourth and fifth Above gniyish-ash, with a tinge of olive behind. Beneath, including the of the , white, with a soiled tinge on the .sides of the throat and across the breast. Axil-. 31893 Virrn pusillus. IrZl,?'f ;r'""""^ " '?'"' '"""^ "'â ^-^-'-y-""^-- Ey^-li'l^ and a short line fi-om the nost, s to the eye ; no other stripe apparent. A dusky loral spot. CO er,s edged with whitish, produci
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