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WOODLAND BIRDS. 



No. 77. 



Family: Vireonidae. 



RED EYED VIREO. 



Genus: Vireo. 

 Species: V. olivaceus. 



Distribution: 



An abundant summer resident of New England. 



Date of Arrival: 



First week in May. 



Date of Departure : 

 September. 



General Plumage: 



Upper parts olive green, grayish on the head* edged with black, 

 and ivhitish eye-line; under parts white, flanks olive tinted, 

 eye red. Bill pale, feet dark. Length about 6.00. 



Song and Other Notes: 



A persistent monotonous song, a ''querulous note" and a 

 short note and chatter. 



Haunts: 



A bird of the garden, orchard and woodland. 



