Lirds of Canada. 47 
sweet. The nest is pensile and usually built in 
talltrees ; eggs, six ; white, with small red spots 
on the large end. Arrives here about the first 
of May, and leaves late in September. 
lV’. noveboracensis —The White-eyed Vireo. 
This sweet songster frequents the thickest 
bushes. It arrives in Canada about the first of 
May, and remains until October. Color, bright 
olive-green, above; white, beneath ; iris, white. 
Nests, in a brier or raspberry bush; eggs, four 
in number, reddish-brown. While in search of 
insects it sings merrily and sweetly. 
l”. flavifrons—The Yellow-throated Vireo. 
This is a beautiful and rather uncommon bird 
with us. It usually arrives here about the fif- 
teenth of May. Color, olive-green above ; throat 
and breast, bright sulphur-yellow ; the remaining 
under parts, white. It is quite impossible to say 
too much in favor of this sweet songster. The 
nest is built a few feet from the ground, and is 
a beautiful specimen of nest-building; the eggs 
are four in number, pure white, spotted with 
brown. 
’. solitarius—The Solitary Vireo. 
This beautiful and active fly-catcher is five 
inches in length. Color, above, olive-green ; 
