ANNOTATED LIST OF THE BIRDS 305 



New Jersey. Abundant summer resident, still common in the 

 suburban section, but decreasing. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Common summer resident, MayJ3, 

 1905 (Bird-Lore) to October 26, 1914 (Bowdish). 



Photograph by F. M. Chapman 



Fig. 26. Red-eyed Vireo 



PHILADELPHIA VIREO (Vireosylva philadelphica) 

 The extreme local rarity of this Vireo makes the greatest 

 care necessary in identifying it. Fortunately this is not 

 particularly difficult, if all the Vireos and Warblers be well 

 known. This species is tame, inactive, and prefers low or 

 medium levels, and a good study of it is not particularly 

 hard to obtain. Such a study simply must be obtained, 

 however; identifying this bird on brief glimpses will not do. 

 If really well seen, the uniformly yellow underparts, the 

 whitish line over the eye, and the absence of any dusky 

 stripes on the side of the head are readily observable. The 

 bill and actions betray a Vireo, but in size and color-pattern 



