itself easily in 
the foliage of 
the upper 
branches; but 
the voice of 
good cheer, 
Vireo - viree - 
wireoo,  fre- 
quently repeat- 
ed, is enough, 
not only to res- 
cue the bird 
from oblivion, 
but to immor- 
talize it. 
The Red-eye 
does occasion- 
ally make itself 
heard in isolat- 
ed pasture elms 
and among 
the shade-trees 
of the city, but 
its normal 
range is in the 
deeper woods 
and groves. 
Here it moves 
in a_ leisurely 
manner from 
bough to 
bough, examin- 
ing critically 
each leaf and 
Taken near Elyria. Photo by the Author. 
“DO YOU HEAR ME? DO YOU BELIEVE IT?” 
bud, or making little sallies after insect prey. Its soliloquizing notes are often 
uttered—always in single phrases of from two to four syllables each—while 
the bird is busily hunting, and serve to mark an overflow of good spirits rather 
than a studied attempt at si mg. There is about them also an interrogative 
character which Wilson Flagg has paraphrased, “You see it—you know it— 
do you hear me?—do you believe it ?” “The Preacher” not infrequently en- 
forces his homilies by hopping down slowly from the tree-tops and bringing 
the truth home to his hearers. ‘The bird's inquisitiveness is often his salva- 
