The punchinello paused from 
combinations while the audi 
would break out with a new pro 
four phrases from different ar 
over and over with slight mod 
or five seconds. The Chat 
ite preface, but we recognized 
Song Sparrow, Catbird, Caro 
Taken in 
Morgan County. 
NEST AND EGGS OF THE WHITE-EYED VIREO. 
Photo by the Author. 
THE WHITE-EYED VIREO. Ros 
time to time to think up new 
ence shifted uneasily. ‘Then he 
duction, a jumble of three or 
tists, and this he would repeat 
ifications at intervals of four 
note, a nasal aown, was a favor- 
also Towhee, Summer Tanager, 
lina Wren, English Sparrow, 
Wood Thrush, and Warbling Vireo, in the order named. 
But while the bird is a good deal of a wag and something of a scold, 
we are always ready to applaud his humor, and we may as readily condone 
his “nippy” tongue when we remember that it is wielded in a good cause. 
The White-eyed Vireo builds low, seldom above seven or eight feet from 
the ground, and it is naturally anxious for the safety of its eggs or little 
ones. It is only when the welfare of these is threatened that the bird becomes 
disagreeable and personal, and not always then. 
