270 VIREOS. 



ern U. S. from northern Fla. and Tex. north to Mass. and 

 soutliern Wis. ; winters from S. C. to Central America ; south 



Fis. 359. 



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in Sep. ; north in May. Fre- 

 quents swamps, rather local. 

 Song, varied detached notes, 

 given emphatically, ^'' I— will 

 give— you--a— lick'''' i s an ex- 

 ample ; sometimes these 

 detached notes run together 

 as a low, continuous song. 



1*. KEY WEST YIREO, 

 Y. N. MAYNAKDi. Differs 



from 1 in being larger, and much grayer above and on sides 

 of head, fig. 360. Breeds from middle Fla. south to Key West. 

 2. BELL'S YIREO, Y. bellii. 4.75; head, grayish, 

 brown; back, dull olive- Fig. 360. 



green; line over eye, ring 

 around it, wing bands, and 

 beneath, dull white ; breast, 

 sides, flanks, and under 

 tail coverts, tinged wit-.h 

 yellowish. Breeds in the 

 prairie districtsof the Miss- 

 issippi Yalley from south- 

 ern Minn, to northern 111. 

 south to eastern Texas ; win- 

 ters in Mexico ; accidental in Mass. 



Q. MOCKING BIRDS AND THRASHERS. 



Mimidae. 



Large birds with short wings, and long tails which are 

 not banded; bills, slender. ^ Sexes, similar. 



a. Mockingbirds. Mimus. 



Upper mandible of rather short bill, curved; tail, much 

 rounded ; colors, dark above, white beneath ; prominent wing 

 patch and tail spots. Nests, in trees and bushes ; eggs, spot- 

 ted. 



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