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139. Vireo solitarius (Wils.). 

 SOLITARY VIREO. BLUE-HEADED VIREO. 



Above, olive-green; crown, ashy-blue "witb a broad "white line from 

 nostril to eye; beneath, white. Length, 5^ inches. 



Common migrant but vei'y rare summer resident. Earliest 

 arrival April 26 ; departs in October. Habits, eggs and nest 

 like those of the red-eyed vireo, but the song is more varied 

 and musical. 



140. Vireo noveboracensis (Qmel.). 

 WHITE-EYED VIREO. 



Above, bright olive-green; beneath, white; sides and under tail coverts 

 yellow; two yellowish wing bars; iris, white. Length, 5i inches. 



Very rare visitor in May, in low, swampy, thickets. 



141. Mniotiita varia (Linn.). 



BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER. BLACK AND 

 AVHITE CREEPER. 



Above, black marked with white; beneath white, in male spotted with 

 black. Length, 5-5^ inches. 



Common migrant but rare summer resident. Earliest arrival 

 April 28 ; departs in September. Raises 1 brood. Eggs 3-5, 

 white, marked with reddish. Nest of grass, leaves, hair, etc., 

 on the ground at foot of a stump, in a swamp. Eggs laid in 

 June. Feeds on insects. Beneficial. Notes, weak and 

 infrequent. 



142. Protonotaria citrea (Bodd.). 

 PROTHONOTARY WARBLER. 



Golden-yellow shading into bluish-ash on rump and tail ; most of the 

 tail feathers marked with white. Length, 5^ inches. 



Very rare, accidental visitor from the south. One instance. 

 Northampton, May, 1883. E. Q. Damon. 



