Semi-Pensile, Pensile or Hanging Nests 
The nest is of the regular vireo type. The eggs, 3 to 4 in 
number, are white with few dark spots, sometimes in a wreath- 
like cluster around the larger end. Size—.81 x .62. 
These birds are inhabitants of the woods, though they some- 
times breed in apple trees near houses. A pair bred in an apple 
tree that almost touched a house, and the young could be seen 
from my window, as they left the nest; this was in South 
Orange, New Jersey. 
629c. Mountain Solitary Vireo: V. s. alticola Brewst. 
Resembles the preceding, but is larger, and more gray than 
green on the back. 
Breeding Range—Higher portions of the Alleghanies in North and 
South Carolina. 
The nest is much like that of other vireos, but larger, and 
having in addition to the usual materials pieces of decayed wood 
fastened on the outside with spiders’ or caterpillars’ webs. 3 to 
4 eggs are laid; they are white, with fine spots and dots of 
brown. Size—.80 x. 58. 
631. White-eyed Vireo: Vireo noveboracensis (Gmel.) 
Adult—Upper parts greenish ; two wing bars of yellowish white; 
under parts whitish, the breast and sides being tinged with 
yellow ; iris white until after the breeding season ; yellow 
eye-ring and in front of eye. Length—5.27. 
Breeding Range—From Maine southward. 
The nest is much deeper than most of the vireo nests, being 
about two inches deep inside, and three and a half to four and a 
half deep outside. It is made of moss, lichen, plant fibre, grass, 
with chips of wood (taken often from a woodpecker’s excava- 
tion) fastened on the outside ; the lining is of fine grass. It is 
sometimes attached to the forked branch by numerous threads of 
caterpillar silk. The eggs are white, with either very few or 
many small spots or specks of dark purplish brown. 3 to 5 are 
laid. Size—.76 x.56. See Fig. 6, Plate C. 
These little songsters may be found nesting in the damp 
thickets, the nest being hung within a few feet of the ground ; 
the birds sit very close and will not readily desert their nests. In 
taking the accompanying photograph I was able to arrange and 
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