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regular in migration, and I have also observed it in Johnson 

 county. It does not nest in the state. 



286. (631). I'lreo noveboracensis (Gniel.). White-eyed Vireo. 

 The White-eyed Vireo is a tolerably common summer resident 

 in southern Iowa and rather rare or irregular in the central part 

 of the state. The most northern record in Iowa is from Sioux 

 City, although the species has been reported from Heron Lake, 

 Minn., May 26, 1884 (Bird Migr. in Miss. Val., 1884-85, pp. 



236-37)- 



County records: Boone — " fairly common " (Henning). Black- 

 hawk — "rare: nests" (Walters). Des Moines — "the bird pre- 

 fers the low, dense willows and especially small trees overgrown 

 by a dense mass of grapevines" (Bartsch, Iowa Orn., ii, 2, 1896, 

 pp. 46-47). Jackson — " common summer resident" (Giddings). 

 Jasper-Poweshiek — "June ist " (Parker, Am. Nat., v, 1870, p. 

 168). Henry— "not common" (D. L. Savage). Johnson — A few 

 specimens have been taken at Iowa City, but I have never ob- 

 served it personally (Anderson). Lee — "common summer resi- 

 dent" (Currier): "scarce summer resident; breeds" (Praeger). 

 Linn — "common summer resident" (Berry). Mahaska— "speci- 

 mens taken by W. A. Brj^an" (Iowa Orn., ii, 2, 1896, pp. 46-47). 

 Poweshiek — "never found but once \iy me at Grinnell" (Lynds 

 Jones) . Pottawattamie — ' ' common summer resident ' ' (Trostler) . 

 Stor)^ — " reported bj' W. A. Bryan as quite common" (Iowa Orn., 

 ii, 2, 1896, pp. 46-47). Van Buren — "common summer resident: 

 nest with two eggs July 18, 1894, in hazel bush, eighteen inches 

 up" (Wm. G. Savage). Woodbury — " one shot April 18, 1900 " 

 (Rich). 



287- (633). Vireo belli Aud. Bell Vireo. 



The Bell Vireo is reported from all sections of the state as a 

 common or abundant summer resident, in some localities the 

 commonest of the Vireos. It usuall}' arrives in the early part of 

 Ma}- and remains until September first. However, I have exam- 

 ined a specimen sent by Dr. G. C. Rich, which was shot by C 

 Brown at Brown's Lake, Woodbury county, October 16, 1901. 

 The bird frequents low thickets, shrubbery and hazel bushes 

 rather than the woods, and the nest is usually suspended in a low 

 bush. Nests have been found in the state from the latter part of 



