THE BIRDS OF NEW JERSEY. iSl 



I*ir€o, Solitary/. See Blue-headed Vireo. 



I'irco, Warbling. — Length, five and four-fifths 

 inches; bill, three-tenths of an inch; head and neck, ash; 

 dusky line over eye; back, tail and wings, gray olive 

 green, the wings with darker edges; breast, belly and 

 sides, white, with distinct yellow tinge, deeper on the 

 sides. 



The nest is the same as that of the Blue-headed Vireo. 

 The eggs are three or four in number, white, with black 

 and brown s]>ots, |)rincii)ally near the large end, and 

 four-fifths by three-fifths of an inch in size. 



The birds breed from eastern North America to Hud- 

 son's Bay and spend the winter in eastern Mexico. 



Their song is a pleasant warble from a tree top, occas- 

 ionally marred by a few scolding notes. Wilson Flagg 

 compares the song to briy-a-dier, briy-a-diei-, briy-a-cUer, 

 brigate. 



The food of the birds consists of insects. 



I'trco, H*ltile-eyed. — Length, live and one-fourth 

 inches; bill, three-tenths of an inch, dark lead colored; 

 eye, white; yellow eye-ring and spot before the eye; 

 throat, white; head and back, olive green; belly, white, 

 with a strong tint of yellow on the sides; tail, olive green, 

 Avith grayish tinge; wings, olive green with grayish tinge, 

 yellowish white tips forming double wing bar; feet, dark 

 lead. 



The nest is similar in construction to that of the Blue- 

 headed Vireo, but is built near the ground, generally in a 

 bush, and contains a good deal of green moss in its make- 

 up. The eggs are either three or four in number, white, 

 with black and brown specks more plentiful iicai' the large 

 end, and thiee-fourtljs l)y one-half an inch in si/e. 



The birds breed throughout the eastern L'nited States 

 and spend the winter in eastern Mexico and southward. 

 They are to be found during the summer all over New 



