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vireo Ornith.|ˈvɪrɪəʊ|
[a. L. vireo, -eōnis (Pliny) some small bird, perhaps the greenfinch.]
Any small American bird belonging to the genus Vireo or the family Vireonidæ; a greenlet, a fly-catcher.
Many species are distinguished by special epithets, as black-capped, black-headed, blue-headed, gray, mountain, plumbeous, red-eyed, white-eyed, yellow-throated, etc.
1834Audubon Ornith. Biogr. II. 287 The Vireos quench their thirst with the drops of dew or rain that adhere to the leaves or twigs. 1845Hirst Com. Mammoth etc. 155 In yon oak a vireo shrills. 1869J. Burroughs in Galaxy Mag. Aug. 170 The Vireos, or Greenlets, are a sort of connecting-link between the Warblers and the true Fly-catchers. 1878Coues Birds Colorado Valley 485 The Vireos were long supposed to be in the curious case, that some species possessed ten primaries, and others only nine. |