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able from those of some other larger Vireos, most 

 closely resembling those of the Yellow-throated in 

 size and markings. They are usually laid the first 

 week in June. The song of the bird is an agreeable 

 one, and pitched in a higher key than that of our other 

 species. 



WHITE-EYED GREENLET. 



ViREO NOVEBORACENSIS {GlU.) Bp. 



Chars. Above, bright olive-green, including crown ; a slight ashy 

 gloss on the cervix, and the rump showing yellowish when the 

 feathers are disturbed ; below white, the sides of breast and belly, 

 the axillars and crissum, bright yellow ; a bright yellow line 

 from nostril to and around eye ; lores dusky ; two broad yellow- 

 ish wing-bars ; inner secondaries widely edged with the same ; 

 bill and feet blackish-plumbeous ; eyes white. Length about 5.50 ; 

 wing, 2.33-2.50 ; tail, 2.25 ; spurious quill, 0.75, half as long as 

 the 2d, which about equals the 8th ; tarsus about 0.75 ; middle 

 toe and claw, 0.50; bill nearly 0.50. 



Among the six New England Vireos the White-eye 

 is conspicuous by its absence in the greater part of the 

 country, and further distinguished by some peculiar 

 habits. For aught we know to the contrary, this spe- 

 cies is strictly limited northward by the Alleghanian 

 Fauna, and is more abundant in the Carolinian than 

 elsewhere. Though it cannot be said to be rare in 

 any one of the three nether States, it is nevertheless 

 very unevenly distributed — numerous in particular 

 localities, scarcely or not to be found in others equally 

 eligible to all appearance. Nor is it a bird either of 

 the town or woodland ; its home is in the shrubbery, 

 with Wrens and Maryland Yellow-throats, and the 



