628. Vireo flavifrons 
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO. 6 inches 
Male and Female alike. Above olive-green; rump gray; wing 
bars white. Below, ¢#roat and breast yellow ; belly white. 
A bird of the open woods and orchards, a persistent destroyer of 
caterpillars’ nests. Common in Massachusetts. Arrives about 
May 5. © 
Song. Sweet and rich in quality, in form much like the Red-eyed 
Vireo’s, but slower and lower in pitch. 
Nest. A little cup decorated with lichens, hanging at the fork of 
a branch, not very high up, often in orchards. 
Breeds. In southern New England. 
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