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Fig. 165. RED-EYED VIREO. 



appearance, almost as though it were equipped with auto- 

 mobile goggles. 



This last nest was in a very ill-chosen location. When 

 these pictures were made, at which time the nest contained 

 eggs, the bottom of the structure was less than six inches 

 from the ground. By the time the eggs had hatched and the 

 young were a week old, the nest touched the ground. Two 

 days later it was empty ; some marauding animal had made 

 away with the little birds and perhaps captured the mother 

 too, for I did not see her again although the male was in 

 the neighborhood for several weeks. 



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