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North American Birds Eggs. 



[White.] 



€31. White-eyed Vireo. \lreo noveboracensis. 



Range. — Eastern United States, breeding from the Gulf to northern United 

 States." This Vireo has white eyes, as implied by its name, is yellow- 



ish green on the sides and with two prominent bars. They 

 . - ■ have no song, like the other Vireos, but a strange medley of 



notes resembling those of the Chat or Shrike. They nest near 

 the ground in tangled thickets, making large nests for the 

 size of the birds and not always suspended; they are made of 

 weeds, leaves, grass, bark or any trash. Their three or four 

 eggs are laid late in May or early in June; they are white, 

 sparingly speckled with brown; size .75 x .55. 

 631a. Key West Vireo. T'. n. maynardi. 

 Range. — Southern Florida. 



This grayer and paler variety nests in the same manner and the eggs are not 

 distinct from those of the last form. 

 631b. Bermuda White-eyed Vireo. V. n. bcrmudianus. 

 Range. — Bermudas. 



This variety is said to be slightly smaller and to have no yellow on the sides. 

 Its eggs are probably the same as those of the others. 

 631c. Small White-eyed Vireo. T'. //. mirni><. 



Range. — Eastern ^Mexico north to southern Texas. 



Said to be slightly smaller and grayer than the common White-eyed Vireo. 

 Its eggs will not differ. 



632, ""Hutton Vireo. Vireo IniiioriL 



Range. — Resident on the California coast; chieHy in the southern parts. 



A similar species to itorrb()rarntsi>< but with the under parts 

 tinged with yellow. These birds are quite common Init shy, , . 

 nesting at any height from the ground in open woods or groves: • . 

 the nests are made of grasses and moss and swung from forked 

 limbs; the three or four eggs are pure white, finely specked with 

 reddish brown Size .70 x .50. r\vv,-t i 



632a. Stephens Vireo. Vireo huftoni stephcnsi. I w nite.j 



Range. — Northwestern Mexico and the boundary of the United States. 



This variety, which is more yellowish than the last, appears to be rather un- 

 common but as far as I can learn its habits and nesting do not differ from those 

 of^the other Vireos; the eggs are white, specked with brown. Size .70 x .50. 

 632c. Anthony Vireo. Mreo hutfoiii obsnirns. 



Range. — Pacific coast from Oregon (and Cal. in winter i to British Columbia. 



The nesting habits and eggs of this darker and smaller variety are the same 

 in all respects as those of the Hutton Vireo. 



633. Bell Vireo. Vireo belli. 



Range. — Interior of the United States, breeding from Texas to Minnesota and 

 Dakota. The nesting habits of this smaller species are just the same as 



those of the larger varieties, they suspending their small grass- 

 woven baskets in the forks of bushes or trees and usually at a 

 low elevation. Their nests are handsome and compact little 

 structures, being often made almost wholly of strips of bark 

 lined with very fine grasses. The eggs are white, specked with 

 reddish brown. Size .70 x .50. Data.— Austin, Texas, June 16, 

 [White.] 1898. Nest of strips of bark, fibres and grasses, neatly woven 

 and swung from the fork of a low bush, 2 feet from the ground. Collector, 

 Harry Kofahl. 

 633.1. Least Vireo. Vireo pusilhis. 



Range. — Western Mexico, Arizona and southern California. 

 This Vireo is slightly smaller and grayer than the last; they are quite com- 

 mon in southern Arizona, nesting the same as Bell's at low elevations in bush- 

 es or small trees. The eggs cannot be distinguished from those of belli. 



