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This is a western ally of the Solitary Vireo, and has been recorded once 

 as an accidental visitor at Peterboro, New York. It is larger and is more 



Plumbeous Vireo. ^^^*^^" S^^Y above, including the rump ; the sides and 

 Vireo soiitarius piumbeus Hanks are also more leaden, with little if any suffusion of 

 yellowish or olive. 



The Yellow-throated Vireo is the most brightly colored of the Vireos of 



Eastern North America. It is a robustly built, rather heavy bird, about five 



,, ,, ., . , inches and a half lonsf. Its bright yellow throat and 

 Yellow-tnroatea . . ^ . 



Vireo. breast and a distinct yellow ring about the eye serve to 



Vireo flavifrons vieiii. identify it. The upper parts are clear olive green shading 

 into grayish on the rump. There are two white wing bars. 



It builds a hanging nest of plant fibres, more or less covered on the out- 

 side with bits of lichen. This structure is suspended from a forked branch, 

 generally more than twenty feet from the ground. The eggs are similar in 

 color and markings to those of the Solitary Vireo, and vary from three to 

 four in number. They are about four fifths of an inch long, and nearly three 

 fifths of an inch wide. 



The birds are found throughout Eastern North America, north to 

 Ontario and Manitoba, and breed rather locally from Florida north through 

 this territory. They winter in Central America and the Tropics. 



This Vireo is a fine song bird and one of distinguished appearance. It 

 frequents the higher branches of trees, in cultivated grounds about houses, as 

 well as in the deeper woods. 



This small Vireo, four inches and three quarters in length, is grayish 



olive green above, more markedly gray on the top of the head. It has a 



whitish stripe above the eye and the entire lower parts are 



Philadelphia Vireo. p„ig snlpJmr yellow, most intense on the breast. The sexes 



Vireo philadelphicus (Cass. I. , , 11 c i i • 1 j 



are alike, and the yellow of the lower parts is more marked 

 in individuals observed in the autumn. The nest is much like that of the Red- 

 eyed V^ireo and the eggs similar in color and markings. 



The birds are found, during their migrations, throughout Eastern North 

 America as far north as Hudson's Bay. They breed from Northern New 

 England northward. They winter in Central America. Though common 

 where they breed, they appear to be rare during the migrations, and seldom 



