20 THE WILSON QUARTERLY. 



expressed in a lower and harsher key ; still it is pleasant 

 and cheerful. 



Besides all the notes so far spoken of, the Canada Spar- 

 row has two separate notes used for calls, alarm, etc. 

 First: ''che-ep;'' well pronounced, the most stress on the 

 "p." Second : " te-e ;" much like the first but shorter and 

 not as a usual thing uttered with so loud a voice. From 

 careful study the writer believes that he has included all of 

 the notes of our little northern boarder who pays his board 

 with his songs. 



If once you have heard the Tree Sparrow's songs, I know 

 you will be watching for them in the last part of next fall 

 when no more is heard the warblings of the birds that have 

 flown far away to the southland. Yet Nature has provided 

 that this bird shall sing to us after she has placed an icy 

 seal on the brook, has robbed us for a while of the flowers, 

 the foliage, and the green grass, has covered the earth 

 with a thick blanket of snow ; still these little birds are 

 bright, active, and cheerful, vieing with each other in 

 making the air respond with clear, liquid music. 



THE RED-EYED VIREO. 



BY WILL. N. COLTON, BIDDEFORD. ME. 



The Red-eyed Vireo is a Summer resident here, and 

 although I have seldom noticed it bi-eeding in York County, 

 nests of this species have been frequently found by the 

 writer in Penobscot County in the northern part of the 

 state. 



The nest is usually rather neat and compact, still much 

 variation is exhibited in this respect. One of the first I ever 

 found, I remember, was so large and sprawling that I was 

 at a loss for a time, to what species to assign the nest. 



In 1887 I took a series of seven sets, the eggs varying 

 little, in either size or markings ; the reddish-brown dots 

 being sprinkled without uniformity or plan, sparingly on 

 the larger end. This is unlike the eggs of its fellow breeder, 



