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already mentioned, is almost identical with mine. He describes it 

 as ''pendant, similar to that of Vireo belli, perhaps rather more 

 bulky. The outside is composed of dried leaves and grass, inter- 

 woven with spiders' webs and lined with fine grass and rootlets. 

 The greatest diameter is 3 inches; inside diameter, 1.75 inch; depth, 

 1.80 inch; thickness of walls from .45 to .60 of an inch." The eggs 

 found in my nest measure respectively .68 by .53'; .66 by 53; .67 

 by .52; .68 by .55. They are regularly ovoid in shape, and of a 

 uniform pure, though rather dull, white, without spots or nia7-king 

 of any kind. In this last respect all the specimens obtained during 

 the past season in Cormal County, Texas, agree." 



143. VIREO NOVEBORACENSIS. 



WHITE-EYED VIREO. 



The White-eyed Vireo is one of the most common-of its genius 

 in all parts of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. 



The nest is usually a cup shaped structure swaying from a forked 

 twig, and is rather large for the size of the bird. It is seldom 

 placed more than three or four feet from the ground. It is com- 

 posed of a mass of odd and miscellaneous materials, such as straws, 

 bits of decayed wood, blades of grass, mosses, lichens, and various 

 vegetable substances. 



The eggs are usually five in number. Their gre:iUsi breadth is 

 .65 of an inch, and their length .80, Theyj,havc a clear crystal- 

 white ground, spotted about the larger end with fine dark-purple 

 and reddish-brown. 



Low swampy places near the edges of woods covered with 

 briers, or the tangled thickets of blackberry and wild vines are the 

 favorite nesting places of this bird. 



144. VIREO HUTTONI. 



HUTTON'S VIREO. 



This species is found in various parts 'of California, and in the 

 northern and eastern portions of Mexico. 



"Hutton's Vireo [Vireo huttoni) breeds in the vicinity of Santa 

 Cruz, though not in abundance. Retiring in habits, their nests 



