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WHITE-EYED VIREO. 

 631. Vireo griseus. 5 inches. 



This species shows a partiality for low, swampy 

 places, covered with briars or tangled thickets of black- 

 berry vines. Their habits are entirely different from 

 any of the preceding Vireos. They do not seem to sing 

 as they eat, but feed in silence, then, the task ended, 

 mount to the tops of the brush and indulge in an end- 

 less variety of calls and whistles. 



Song'. — A great variety of clear whistles and squeaky 

 notes. 



Nesc. — A bulky structure of strips of bark, leaves, 

 paper, etc., either placed in the branches or partially 

 suspended in a fork; eggs white with minute brown 

 specks (.75 x .55). 



Range. — Eastern United States, breeding from the 

 Gulf to Massachusetts and Manitoba; winters in Mexico. 



Sub-species. — 631a. Key West Vireo (maynardi), 

 southern Florida. 631b. Bermuda White-eyed Vireo 

 (bermudianus), resident in the Bermudas. 631e. Small 

 White-eyed Vireo (micrus) ; southeastern Texas. 



