183 THE BIRDS OF NEW JERSEY. 



Jersey, but are especially numerous in the pine barren 

 swamps in the southern part of the state. 



The White-eyed Vireo is the Mockingbird of his kind, 

 his song being an imitation of the notes of all the others, 

 intermixed with a great deal of scolding. He scolds 

 whenever any danger threatens or he is disturbed and 

 when nothing troubles him he scolds himself. 



The food of the bird consists of insects. 



f^trco, YelloiV'thronted. — Length, six inches; bill, 

 one-third of an inch in length; white eye-ring; throat, 

 bright yellow; cheeks, yellow; head and back, bright olive 

 green; breast, bright yellow; belly, white; rump, gray; 

 tail, grayish brown, edged with white; wings, grayish 

 brown, tipped with white, forming double wing bar, some 

 of the feathers edged with white. 



The nest is very similar in construction to that of the 

 other Vireos, but is generally covered with yellowish or 

 gray lichens on the outside. The eggs are either three or 

 four in number, white, with brown and black spots more 

 plentiful near the large end, and four-fifths by three-fifths 

 of an inch in size. 



The birds breed from the Middle States north and spend 

 the winter in Mexico and southward. They are compar- 

 atively scarce in New Jersey during the summer, appear- 

 ing about May 2 and leaving about the middle of Septem- 

 ber. 



The song of the birds, frequently delivered while on the 

 wing, is, however, generally heard from the tree tops; its 

 intonation is rather harsh and like most of its tribe, it 

 seems fond of scolding. 



The food of the birds consists of insects. 



\*irginia JX^ightittgale. See Cardinal-bird. 



Viilture^ Turkey. — Length, two and a half feet; ex- 

 tent, six feet, two inches; bill, two and one-fourth inches; 



