MOUNTAIN SOLITARY VIREO 557 



found them elsewhere in the vicinity of Miami. Here they usually accompanied the vari- 

 ous species of warblers and were, at that time, always silent. They migrate northward 

 quite early in the spring, being the first of the family to appear in New England, for they 

 are often seen during the latter part of April as far north as Massachusetts. Here they 

 are no longer noiseless, but make the woodlands ring with their loud and oft-repeated song. 

 These Vireos are truly, a sylvan species, seldom being found, while in the north, out of 

 the thick woods. 



They are, as their name implies, rather solitary in habit, especially in spring and sum- 

 mer, at which time it is difficult to find more than one pair in any one locality at the 

 same time. 



Although a few of the Solitary \^ireos remain to breed in some localities in Massachu- 

 setts, notably at Concord and Dedham, the majority pass on further north. The nests, 

 like those of the Red-eyes, are often placed in the fork of a swaying limb, usuallv at no 

 great distance from the ground. This species migrates ear]\^ in September and I found 

 them common at Watsontown, Pennsylvania, from the twelveth to the last of this month 

 in 1875. At this tinu^ they, as Aveil as the Red-ej'es which were also common, were sink- 

 ing a low warbling song, quite different from the loud lay given in spring. These Vireos 

 reach Fhjrida late in October or early November. 



VIREO SOLiTARIUS ALTlCOLA. 

 Mountain Solitary Vireo. 



Vireo solitarious alticola Brewster, Auk, Jan. ISSfi, pill. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Sub. Sp. Cii. Similar to the Solitary Vireo but larger, bill stouter and colors darker, that is the color 

 above including head is nearly uniform blackish plumbeous with the tail tinged with olivaceous, there being 

 no sharp line of demarkation between the tail and head as in Vireo solitarious. Wing 3.00 to 3.30. Tail 

 2.25. 



OBSERVATIONS. 

 This well makod form of Vireo occurs in summer in the mountains of North Carolina, spreading out in 

 ■winter to the low lands quite to the coast and as far south as Florida. 



VIREO NIOVEBORACENSIS- 



White-eyed Vireo- 



Vireo noveboraeensis Bon., Obs ; 1825» 



DESCRIPTION. 



Si'. Ch. Form, robust. Size, rather small, wing bands present. Tongue, thin, homy, but not acumi- 

 nate and slightly cleft at tip, but in the single specimen befjre me, taken from an adult bird, there is not 

 the slightest appearance of any cilia: they would, however, quite likely Ik; present in younger specimens. 

 Spurious quill present and about one-half as long as the second quill. 



Color. Adult. Uniform yellowish-green; brightest on the forehead. Wings and tail brownish, edged 

 with same color as that of the back. Greater and lesser wing coverts, tipped with white, farming bars. The 

 •outer webs of the tertiaries are edged with white and the wings are lined with it. Stripe at base of bill, ring 



