368 ; THE ANTHONY VIREO. 
During the winter it mingles freely with the local troops of Kinglets and 
Chickadees, and keeps largely to the depths of fir trees. When moving about 
silently, it bears a striking resemblance to the Ruby-crowned Kinglet. It is, 
of course, slightly larger and much more deliberate, lacking especially the 
wing-flirt of the Kaiserkin. The region about the eye is more broadly 
whitish, and the wing-bars concede a difference upon inspection, but the 
resemblance is so close as altogether to deceive the unwary. 
In spring the bird separates itself from its late companions, and begins to 
explore the budding alders and maples. As the season advances the bird plants 
itself in some thicket and complains by the hour in strange, monotonous, unvi- 
reonine notes. The songs vary endlessly in different individuals, but have this 
in common, that they are a deliberate, unvarying succession of double notes, 
usually, but not always, of a slightly nasal character. Chu-zéem - - - - chu- 
qweéem - - --- - chu-wéem --ad lib., is the common type; Pu-cheéan - - --- 
pu-cheéan - - -- -- pucheéan, is a French variation; Poo-cép' - - - poo-eép' and 
jiireé - jiireé - jiireé’ are types lacking the nasal quality. Only once I heard 
the notes pronounced quite rapidly, pe-eg’, pe-eg’, pe-eg', pe-eg pe-eg', ad 
infiniti, or rather ad adventum shotgumi. Occasionally the first syllable is 
accented; as, (pe)cheé-oo or cheé-ov, cheé-oo. 
Before he has found a mate Anthony roams about with some degree of 
restlessness, shifting his burden of song from place to place with a view to 
effect, and uttering now and then coaxing little requests which are certainly 
meant to win the heart of the lady in hiding. This squeaking note is sometimes 
raised to the dignity of song, at which times it is not unlike the whining of a 
dog, a most extraordinary sound to come from so tiny a throat. And if one 
mentions a chirp, or chuck, like that of a Red-wing Blackbird on a small 
scale, we have most of the representative efforts of this eccentric genius. 
Only one nest of this subspecies has been reported to date, that discovered 
by Mr. C. W. Bowles, on June 21, 1897, near South Tacoma. It was placed 
nine feet up in a young fir, where it hung suspended by two small twigs. 
Externally it was composed entirely of a long hanging moss, some variety of 
Usnea, very thickly and closely interwoven, being thus conspicuously devoid 
of such exterior decorations as other Vireos provide. Inside was a carefully 
prepared bed of fine dry grasses, upon which lay two eggs half incubated. 
“The female bird was on the nest when first seen and, unlike the majority 
of our Vireos, flushed the instant the ascent of the tree was attempted. From 
the nest she flew about twenty feet into a neighboring fir, where she looked 
down upon our operations with apparently no concern whatever. Beyond 
rearranging her feathers from time to time, there was nothing to indicate 
that she had a nest anywhere in the vicinity, as she made no sound or com- 
plaint of any kind. Neither was there any of the nervous hopping from 
