YELLOW-THROATED VIUEO. 351 



iilong tho .sides with a dilutidii (if the cdlor of llie hack ; (jiiills and tail feathur.s. 

 fuscous, with narrow external edgings as above said, and broader wiiitisli 

 edging of the inner webs ; the wing coverts without obvious whitish ti])])ing i 

 bill, dark horn color above, paler below; feet, phnubcous; iris, lirown. Lciigtli. 

 -■) inches, or rather more ; wing, "i.SO ; tail, 2.2o ; Ijill, .40 ; tarsus, .(i7. 



Hab. — North America in general, fi-om the Fur Countries to Mexico. 



Nest and eggs, closely resembling those of the Red-eye, l)ut usually placed 

 at a greater distance from the ground. 



Thi.s amiable little songster is very coininoii in Southern Ontario, 

 from the end of the first week in May till the beginning of Septembei-. 

 Although less abundant than the Red-eye, it is probably known to- 

 a givatei- numlier of people, owing to the preference it shows for 

 isolated ornamental trees in parks and gardens and the shade trees 

 in cities. Its song is .soft, subdued and flowing, like the murmuring 

 of " a hidden bi'ook in the leafy month of June." 



It has little excitement in its nature, and kf^eps its usual ccjmjxt- 

 sure under circumstances which would drive most (jther l)ir(ls off in 

 alarm. I once saw one warbling forth its pleasing ditty in a shade 

 tree, quite close to which a large fire was in progress. Firemen, 

 engines, and crowds of people were all ai-ound, but the bird was 

 to windward of the blaze and seemed to V)e coTumenting on the 

 unnecessary excitement which prevailed. 



Subgenus LANIVIREO Baird. 

 VIREO FLAVTFRONS (Vikill.). 



259. Yellow- throated Vireo. (O-'S) 



Above, rich olive-green ; crown, the same or even brighter; rump, insensil)l\ 

 shading into l)luish-ash ; below, bright yellow ; belly and crissum, abruptlv 

 white ; sides, anteriorly shaded with olive, posteriorly with plumbeous ; extreme 

 forehead, superciliai'y line and ring around eye, yellow ; lores, dusky ; wings, 

 dusky, with the inner secondaiies broadly white-edged, and two broad white 

 bars across tips of greater and median coverts ; tail, dusky, nearly all the 

 feathers completely encircled with white edging ; bill and feet, dai-k leadeu 

 blue ; no spurious quill. Length, i)J-6 ; wing, about 3 ; tail, only about 2^. 



H.\B. — Eastei'u United States, south, in winter, to Costa Rica. 



The position and franie-woi-k of the nest of this species is similar to that of 

 the Red-eye, but its appearance and comfort are greatly increased l)y an artistic 

 outside coating of graj" moss, intertwisted with the silk of caterpillars. 



The eggs ai'e not with certainty (listinguishal)le from those of the Red-eye. 



This is a summer resident in Southern Ontario, but it is by no 

 means common. It seems partial to the beech woods, and being 



