BIRDS OF WELSON COUNTY. 21 



taken the nest of this greenlet, but I think that they 

 breed here. 



62, Lanivireo solitarius (Vieill.). Blue-headed Vireo. 



Transient. Not common. Arrives about April 20th ; 

 leaves about October 20th. 



Genus Vireo. 



63. * Vireo noveboracensis (Gmel.). White-eyed Vireo. 



Abundant in spring, and rather common in summer. Ar- 

 rives April 15th to 20th. Fresh eggs found May 16th. 

 An inhabitant of the thicket, exclusively, and an exceed- 

 ingly lively little bird, with a voice loud enough for one 

 four or five times his size. Capt. Saville Reid, in his 

 "Birds of the Bermudas" likens one of its characteristic 

 calls to the suggestive phrase "ginger-beer-quick." 



Family AMPELID.a;: Waxwings. 



Genus Ampelis. 



64.t Ampelis cedrorum(YiEiLh.). Cedar Waxwing. "Cherry- 

 Bird." 

 An irregular, but at times very abundant, permanent resi- 

 dent. Common in the cedar glades, whenever here. In 

 Louisiana this bird is known as the "Ortolan." There 

 are no less than five different birds that have had this 

 name applied to them : 1st. The true Ortolan, Emberiza 

 hortulana of Europe. 2d. The Sora-Rail, Pozana Caro- 

 lina. 3d. The Bobolink or Reed-bird, DoUchonyx oryzi- 

 vorus. 4th. The Shore Lark, Otocorys alpestris (see 

 Lemoine's '■'■ Oisseaux du Canada,''' p. 225); and 5th, the 

 bird under consideration. It is suggested that those who 

 contend for a vernacular nomenclature, instead of a Latin 

 and Greek one, put this in their pipes and smoke it. 



