THE BIRD BOOK 



63 Ih. 



Jireo sriseus ber- 



Bekmiua \'i1{KO. 

 Diiidianus. 

 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. 



(i.Slc. Small White-eveu Vikeo. J'ireo grisciis 

 micrus. 



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's \'ireo. Vireo huttoni huttoni. 



Range. — Resident on the California coast; chiefly in 

 the southern parts. 



A similar species to iKjccboracciisis but 

 with the under parts tinged with yellow. _ • . 

 These birds are quite common but shy, nest- • . 

 ing 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, "^^hite 



finely specked with reddish brown. Size .70 x .50. 



(KS^a. Stephen's \'iheo. Vireo Juilfoiri stcphensi. 



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 1 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. 



6S2c. Anthony's \"ike(). Vireo huiioiii ohsvurus. 



Range. — Pacific coast from Oregon (and C'al. in winter) 

 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's 

 Vireo. 



(i.S.S. Bell's \'n{EO. Jireo belli belli. 



breeding from 



Range. — Interior of the United States, 

 Texas to Minnesota and Dakota. 



The nesting habits of this smaller species 

 are just the same as those of the larger va- 

 rieties, 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 struc- 

 tures, 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, 1898. Nest of strips of bark, 

 fibres and grasses, neatly woven and swung from the foik 

 of a low bush, 2 feet from the ground. 



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