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whip-tom-kelly
[Imitative, from the bird's note: cf. whip-poor-will.]
Popular name for the Red-eyed Greenlet or ‘Flycatcher’ (Vireo olivaceus or Vireosylvia olivacea) of eastern N. America, and the Black-whiskered Greenlet (Vireo barbatulus or Vireosylvia calidris) of the W. Indies, Bahamas, and Florida.
1756P. Browne Jamaica 476 Whip-tom-kelly. I believe this to be a bird of passage. 1864–5Wood Homes without H. xii. 247 The Red-Eyed Flycatcher (Muscicapa olivacea) popularly known as ‘Whip-Tom-Kelly,’ from its peculiar articulate cry. 1872Coues Key N. Amer. Birds 120 Vireo altiloquus var. barbatulus. Black-whiskered Vireo. Whip-tom-kelly. |