FAMILY VIREONID^E 



front of, and ring around, the eye pale buff; 

 chin, throat and chest pale buff shading to 

 white on the abdomen, the sides of the throat, 

 and chest with streaks of wedge-shaped spots of 

 blackish and the breast with spots of light olive 

 brown; sides light brownish gray. 



A migrant, shy and retiring, preferring deeply 

 shaded woods and undergrowth. It has a short 

 call note like "whit," which is easily imitated 

 and which it will usually answer. 



57. Family VIREONID^E 

 The Vireos 



The vireos are insectivorous song birds 

 having the bill moderately long and rather 

 straight, usually with a slight hook at the 

 tip. Their coloration is generally rather 

 plain; olive and gray shades above, and 

 whitish or pale yellow on the under parts, 

 prevailing. They average larger than the 

 warblers, but resemble them in the way they 

 climb about the branches of trees and bushes 

 to feed, though their motions are more delib- 

 erate. Their song varies, but consists more 

 commonly of short, disconnected phrases 

 sometimes repeated so persistently as to 

 become tiresome. 



The Pachy sylvias are small vireos with a 

 noticeably large head, large bill and short 

 tail. 



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