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knew of another at about the same time. Also on May 17, 1897, 

 on the Vermont side of the Connecticut river, a nest containing 

 one egg and four young birds was found by Mrs. Frost, and in 

 1898, the birds were noticed near the same place. Hollis, one 

 seen by Dr. W. H. Fox on September i, 1885. Intervale, I 

 have twice observed the bird in the Saco valley here ; once on 

 August 25, 1897, when a single bird was seen for a short time 

 on the meadows, and again on August 9, 1899, when I watched 

 one for part of an afternoon as it stayed about an old apple or- 

 chard near the river valley. Possibly a pair may have nested 

 here earlier in the season. Jefferson, in an interesting letter on 

 birds observed in this vicinity, Mr. H. W. Wright tells me 

 that " it has been breeding for several years within town limits. 

 A friend living on the road to Jefferson Hill, when I discovered 

 a family of shrikes about his pasture, told me they had nested 

 in the same elm tree in that pasture for 4 or 5 years. In 1899, 

 we observed them whenever we drove by throughout the season. 

 This year (1900) they nested farther back and were seen only 

 occasionally on the roadside. I have observed a pair or family 

 at three or four other points, in driving, in this vicinity." 

 Lancaster, Mr. F. B. Spaulding finds it a regular summer resi- 

 dent here, where it arrives early and breeds about the first of 

 May. Northfield, in September, 1897, Mr. Ned Dearborn ('98, 

 p. 218) observed one at this town. Tamworth, a single bird 

 was observed on August 16, 1898, by Dr. A. L. Reagh (see 

 Howe, :oi, p. 44). Tilton, according to Mr. Ned Dearborn 

 ('98, p. 28) a nest with eggs was discovered here by Mr. G. H. 

 Davis, in May, 1897. 



From the foregoing, it is plain that this shrike is most com- 

 mon in the valleys of the Connecticut and its larger tributaries, 

 by which it reaches the country slightly north of the White 

 Mountains. 



Dates : (January 20, '79) March 20 to September. 



199. Vireo olivaceus (Linn.). RED-EYED VIREO. 



A common summer resident throughout the Transition and 

 sub-Canadian areas, being found from the shade trees of the vil- 



