134 BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN NEW YORK 



leisurely character than that of the Red-eye. The male has 

 a harsh chattering note with which he scolds intruders. 



The bright yellow throat should distinguish this bird 

 from other vireos. It resembles the Pine Warbler very 

 closely in coloration, and during migration the two might 

 occur in the same places. Ordinarily, however, the Vireo 

 would rarely, if ever, be found in evergreens, and the Pine 

 Warbler rarely away from them. The songs of the two 

 species are very different, and on close inspection the Vireo 

 is seen to be heavier, with a stout bill, while the Pine 

 Warbler has a more slender bill. 



Warbling Vireo. Vireo gilvus 

 5.80 



Ad. — Upper parts brownish-gray; under parts grayish-white, 

 with a slight yellowish tinge on the belly; a whitish streak over 

 eye, but no dark line through it. 



Nest, a cup hung from a fork, from twenty to forty feet up. 

 Eggs, white, spotted with reddish-brown at the larger end. 



The Warbling Vireo is a rather common summer resi- 

 dent of southern and central New England and of the 



lower Hudson Valley. In northern 

 New York and New England it is 

 confined to the neighborhood of vil- 

 lages in the valleys. In most of 

 New England, in fact, it is a bird 



^ ^ -.TT , ,. ^r. oi the village street rather than of 



Fig. 27. Warbhng Vireo * 



the woodland, thougli it is also 

 found in tall trees along streams. It arrives a little earlier 

 in May than the Hed-eyed Vireo, and leaves in September. 

 The Warbling Vireo is less frequently seen than the Ked- 

 eye, as it often stays for hours in tall shade-trees, but its 

 song is uttered constantly, and affords an easy means of dis- 

 tinguishing it from its relative. It is a true warble, that 

 is, a succession of smooth notes run into one another, and 



