Vireos SONG-BIRDS. 



The Yellow-tliroated Vireo is of a stout, vigorous build, 

 and has all the brilliancy of colouring of the Chat. Though 

 in northern New England it is counted rare, it is quite 

 abundant in southern Connecticut, Kew York, and Penn- 

 sylvania. Its somewhat melancholy song is varied by 

 cheerful outbursts; and Mr. Bicknell says that it is the 

 only Vireo that he has noticed singing while on the 

 wing. 



All authorities agree as to the great beauty of the nest of 

 this species, even though they differ as to its exact location. 

 It is considered to be wholly a woodland bird, loving tall 

 trees and running water, haunting the same places as the 

 Solitary Vireo. Dr. Warren says that during the migra- 

 tions he has seen the Yellow-throat in orchards and in the 

 trees along sidewalks and lawns, but that in Pennsylvania 

 it breeds in the woods, nesting twenty-five to thirty or forty 

 feet from the ground. 



On the other hand, Mr. Minot describes the nest as, — 

 *^ altogether one of the prettiest nests to be found. It is 

 placed in the fork of a horizontal branch, from three to 

 fifteen feet above the ground, as often in the orchard as in 

 the wood J though I have found it in pines." 



Blue-headed Vireo: Vireo solitarius. 



Solitary Vireo. 



Length: 5.26-5.75 inches. 



Male and Female : Above dark olive, head bluish gray. White line 

 from beak to and around eye. Below white, with yellow wash 

 on sides and dusky tail and wings. Some tail feathers white- 

 edged. Female, head dusky olive. 



Song: "Pitched in a higher key than the other species." (Steams 

 andCoues.) 



Season: Sometimes a summer resident, but common from middle 

 New England south in the migrations only. 



Breeds : From New England northward, and also in the Middle States. 



Nest and Eggs : Resembling those of the last species, but the nest 

 being sometimes placed in bushes. 



Bange : Eastern United States to the Plains, north to southern British 



Provinces ; in winter, south to Mexico and Guatemala. 



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