THE CASSIN VIREO. 



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(oak, viiic-inaple. lir, etc. 1 at a licight cif from tivc tn thirty fci-t ; linlkicr ami 

 of looser construction than that of other Xiretjs; measures 2^4 inches across 

 by iJ/2 inches deep inside; walls often ^ of an inch in thickness. Bygs: 3-5, 

 usuallv 4. white or creamy white, sparingly marked with spots, which vary from 

 rich red brown to almost black — but luniiarked specimens are of record. Av. 

 size .75 X .55 (19x13.9). Season: May 15-June 5 ; one brood. 



General Range. — Pacific Ct)ast district north to Rritisli Columbia, east to 

 Idaho (Ft. Sherman; Ft. Lapwai), breeding from Los Angeles Comity, Cali- 

 fornia, northward thruout its range; south in winter to western Mexico. 



Range in Washington. — Common summer resident on both sides of the 

 Cascades, found chietiy in timbered areas. 



Migrations. — Spring: Seattle-Tacoma, c. April 15. 



Authorities. — ? Vireo solitarius, Ornithological Committee, Journ. .Ac. Nat. 

 Sci. F'hila.. \ II. 1837, 193 (Columbia River). / '. sulitariits \'ieillot. Baird, Rep. 

 Pac. R. R. Surv., IX. pt. II 1858, p. 340, part. (Tj. C&S. Rh. D'. Ra. D-\ Ss^. 

 J. B. E. 



Specimens.— (^U. of W.) P.. Prov. P". 



XOTHIXG so endears a bird to a luunan admirer as a frank ex- 

 liibition of confidence. Overtures of friendship on the bird's part may 

 traverse all rules of caution and previous procedure, but henceforth there 

 is a new relation established between them, bird and man, and the man, 

 at least, is bound to live up 

 to it. At the oncoming of 

 a smart shower on Capitol 

 Hill (before the "For Sale" 

 days) the bird -man put into 

 a fir-covered nook for shel- 

 ter, and had not been there 

 two minutes before a pair of 

 Cassin Vireos entered for the 

 same reason. They were not 

 in the least disturbed by the 

 man's presence, but cheer- 

 fully accepted him as part of 

 Things as They Are. There- 

 fore, they proceeded to preen 

 their dampened feathers at 

 distances of four or five feet, 

 W'liile the bird-man sat with bated breath and glowing eyes. The birds 

 roamed freely about the nook and once, I think, he made a grimace 

 behind the bird-man's back : for when they came around in front again, 

 I judged she was saying, "Ar'n't you the wag!" while he tittered in droll 

 recollection. 



Taken in Oregon. Photo by Finlcy and Bohlii 



CASSIN VIREO .\% NKST. 



