VIREOS. 



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The eggs are of an oblong-oval shape, moderately pointed at one 

 end, and of a white ground, less crystalline than in the other 

 species. They are spotted pretty uniformly over the entire 

 egg with dots of dark red and reddish-brown. They are usually 

 five in number. 



141a. LANIVIREO SOLITARIUS CASSINI. 



CASSIN'S VIREO. ** 



141b. LANIVIREO SOLITARIUS PLUMBEUS. 



PLUMBEOUS VIREO. * 



Black-capped Vireo, male, female and nest.t 



fReproduced from a colored engraving by W. H. Werner, in Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, Oct., 1879, and noted by Mr. Brewster in his interesting article 

 on this species. 



