NESTS AND EGGS OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



authentic nests and eggs were collected in Comal Co., Texas, in May, 1878, 

 by Mr.W. H.Werner. He always found the birds in mountainous districts, 

 and they frequented low brushwood. Their nests were built from three to 

 four feet above the ground. They are suspended in the fork of slender 

 twigs after the usual style of the Vireos, composed of fine strips of reddish 

 bark, layers of delicate bleached leaves, a few coarse grasses, catkins and 

 spiders' cocoons. Mr. Brewster gives the first account of this discovery 

 in the Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club. 'for April, 1879. 



Hab. Texas; Mexico; southwestern Kansas. 



143. White-eyed Vireo — vireo noveboracensls. Spotted with fine 

 dark-purple and reddish-brown on a clear white ground, chiefly about the 

 larger end; three to five in number with an average measurement of .78 

 by .60. During the breeding season this bird is distributed from the 

 Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic, north to Maine. It frequents thickets 

 while others of the family are found in woodland. 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 composed of a mass of odd and miscellaneous materials, 

 such as straws, bits of decayed wood, blades of grass, mosses, lichens, 

 and various vegetable substances. Wilson nicknamed this bird "Politi- 

 cian," because it frequently used bits of newspaper in the construction of 

 its nest. 



Hab. Eastern U. S , excepting perhaps parts of New England; west to Dakota and Kansas, and western 

 Texas. 



144. Hutton's Vireo — vireo huttoni. White, delicate blush color 

 before blown, with minute dots of reddish-brown, more numerous toward 

 the larger end; usually the complement is four, with an average size of .70 

 by . 50. This bird is found in various parts of California, in the Valley of 

 the Gila, and the northern and eastern portions of Mexico. It places its 

 nest in trees from eight to thirty feet from the ground. It is a neat, com- 

 pact structure made of vegetable fibres, bits of paper and grasses, covered 

 on the outside with green and gray mosses. It is usually simply lined 



with fine grasses. Hab. California and Mexico. 



145. Bell's Vireo — vireo belli. Pure white, sparingly spotted with 

 fine red dots distributed around the larger end; three or four in number, 

 size .73 to .75 in length and. 52 to. 58 in breadth. Bell's Vireo has 

 an extended distribution during the breeding season, from Texas to the 

 Upper Missouri, and even as far as the eastern edge of Southern Illinois. 

 It breeds, also, as far as Eastern Kansas. The nest is pensile, suspended 

 from two small twigs in a bush or small tree. It is beautifully formed of 

 fine, dry grasses, slender bark strips, dry leaves, bits of wood, and, unlike 



