ONTARIO. 



Hab. North America in general, from the Fur Countries to Mexico. 



Nest and eggs closely resembling those of the Red-eye, but usually placed 

 at a greater distance from the ground. 



This amiable little songster is vei"}' common in Southern 

 Ontario, from the end of the first week in May till the beginning 

 of September. Although less abundant than the Red-eye, it is 

 probably known to a greater number of people, owing to the 

 preference it shows for isolated ornamental trees in parks and 

 gardens, and the shade trees in cities. Its song is soft, subdued 

 and flowing, like the murmuring of "a hidden brook in the leafy 

 month of June." 



There is another little Vireo I wish to mention here, for I 

 believe it will yet be found at some point on our southern 

 frontier, but I cannot include it in the list, having no well 

 authenticated record of its being found in the Province. This 

 is the White-eyed Vireo (Vireo Noveboracensis). Its haunts are 

 different from those of any other member of the family, it being 

 partial to dense shrubbery or low tangled thickets, where, like 

 the Yellow-breasted-chat, it hops about and scolds vehemently 

 at any intruder who dares to venture too near its nest. 



Subgenus LANIVIREO Baird. 



247. VIREO FLAVIFRONS (Vieill.). (ii^S. 



Yello\v-throated Vireo. 



Above rich olive-green, crown the same or even brighter, rump insensibly 

 shading into bluish-ash ; below bright yellow, belly and ciissum abruptly 

 white, sides anteriorly shaded with olive, posteriorly with plumbeous; extreme 

 forehead, superciliary line and ring around eye }ellow ; lores dusky; 

 wings dusky, with the inner secondaries broadly white-edged, and two broad 

 white bars across tips of greater and median coverts ; tail dusky, nearly all the 

 feathers completely encircled with white-edging ; bill and feet dark leaden-blue ; 

 no spurious quill. Length, 5|-6 ; wing, about 3 ; tail, only about 2J. 



Hab. Eastern United States ; south, in winter, to Costa Rica. 



The position and frame work of the nest of this species is similar to that 

 of the Red-eye, but its appearance and comfort are greatly increased by an 

 artistic outside coating of gray moss, intertwisted with the silk of caterpillars. 



The eggs are not with certainty distinguishable from those of the Red Eye. 



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