192 PASSERES. MUSCICAPAD.E. 



next day, I saw two of them about the tree lively 

 and active, and as one flew a distance of, perhaps, 

 thirty feet, I trust that they did well, and sur- 

 vived their premature exposure to the world. To 

 return to the nest, however: I found it a loose, 

 oblong mass, flattened on two sides, measuring in 

 height about two and a half feet, (though the ends 

 hung down to the length of four feet,) in width 

 more than two feet, and in thickness about one 

 foot. It was composed almost entirely of the 

 stems and tendrils of passion flowers, mixed, how- 

 ever, and that all through the structure, with bright- 

 yellow, silky spiders' nests, and the downy fila- 

 ments of some cottony herbs. The cavity was not 

 larger than a man's two fists, and was not, in any 

 measure, lined: it descended mthin the entrance, 

 though the latter faced the ground. 



WHITE-EYED FLYCATCHER. 



Setvy-sewy. 

 Vireo Novehoracensis. 



Muscicapa Novehoracensis, Gi\i. — Aud. pi. 63. 

 Muscicapa cantatrix, WiLS. 



Vireo Novehoracensis^ Bonap. 



This modest little bird is not uncommon through- 

 out the year. It manifests little fear of approach, 



* Length 4-^ inches, expanse Q^, flexure 2y%, tail 2, rictus -^. tarsus 

 ^, middle toe ■^, Intestine 4 inches, two minute, rudimentary caeca. 



