164 LAND-BIRDS. 



Club," says ; " On Sept. 7th, 1875, I shot a female of this 

 beautiful little species in Cambridge, Mass. It was feeding in 

 company with several individuals of Vi7'eo olivaceus, in a low 

 willow tree." * 



In a more recent number, Mr. Ruthven Deane says that 

 several specimens have been obtained in Maine, both in June 

 and September, and that the Philadelphia Vireos may be con- 

 sidered summer residents about Lake Umbagog. 



i^. NOVEBORACENSis. White-eyed Vireo. " Politician'' 

 In southern New England a rather common summer resi- 

 dent, though very locally distributed.! 



a. About five inches long. Above, bright olive green ; 

 below% white. Sides of the body, eye-ring, wing-bars, etc., 

 (bright) yellow. Iris, white. 



h. The nest is almost invariably placed in a low tree, bush, 

 or vine, two or three feet from the ground, generally, but not 

 always, in the woods, whether dry or wet. It is pensile, and 

 essentially like that of the " Red-eye," though prettier and 

 often characterized by being largely composed of newspaper, 

 or paper from wasps' and hornets' nests. The eggs, more- 

 over, are strongly like those of the Red-eyed Vireo, but are 

 generally a little smaller, and longer in shape. They are laid, 

 near Boston, about the first of June. 



c. The White-eyed Vireos differ from their relatives in 

 several respects. They are summer residents in eastern Mas- 

 sachusetts, but are so locally distributed as to be extremely 

 rare or wanting in some places, though common in others. 

 To the westward of the Connecticut River, in New England, 

 they are so uncommon that the few specimens obtained may 

 almost be considered stragglers. They reach the neighbor- 

 hood of Boston, at least those who breed here, in the second 



* Two specimens have since been dant in southern Connecticut, locally 



taken in eastern Massachusetts, one at common in eastern Massachusetts on or 



Magnolia. September 18, 1879, the other near tide- water, but rare or absent 



at Brookline late in September, 1881. throughout the interior and western 



— W. B. portions of that State. Not known to 



t A summer resident of certain por- occur regularly anywhere north of Mas- 



tions of southern New England, abun- sachusetts. — W. B. 



