PASSERES—MNIOTILTID®. 171 
235. (631.) VIREO NOVEBORACENSIS (Gmel.). 71. 
White-eyed Vireo. 
Synonyms: Muscicapa noveboracensis. 
White-eyed Greenlet, Little Green Hangingbird, Chickity- 
beaver, Politician, Hanging Flycatcher, Green Flycatcher. 
Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 163. 
The White-eyed Vireo is distinctly southern in its distri- 
bution, in Ohio. It is a fairly common summer resident in 
the southern half of the state, ranging at least to the south- 
ern border of Franklin county, but Dr. Wheaton did not 
find it at all at Columbus, nor have others found it there as 
more than a casual visitor. In the eastern half of the state 
it ranges north into Cuyahoga and Ashtabula counties, be- 
ing fairly common at Jefferson all summer. There is no 
record for Lorain county. I did not find it in Medina coun- 
ty, where the conditions are unusually favorable, nor at 
either the Licking or Lewiston reservoirs. Dr. Wheaton 
regarded it as of local distribution over the state. If that 
be true at the present time evidence is lacking. 
It reaches our southern border early in May and retires 
southward early in September. 
Family MNIOTILTID. Wood Warblers. 
The species of this family found in Ohio are both the most 
numerous and the most interesting of birds. Thirty-six 
species are regularly found, one has wandered from the east, 
and two belong to the Hypothetical List of the A. O. U. He 
who can resist the temptations to get into the woods which 
“Warbler Time” brings is hopeless from an ornithological 
standpoint! Most of them pass through the state twice 
each year, but fully fifteen species remain to breed while 
three others occasionally do. Some of the species which 
nest well north in the state in small numbers and are mi- 
grants elsewhere must be regarded as rare breeders, the 
most of the individuals passing well north to breed. 
Most members of this group are insect eaters, but most of 
them also eat fruit and berries in their season, some of them 
to a considerable extent. Some are gleaners from leaf and 
