44 WEST VIRGINIA [W. VA. 



regions where the subspecies, as noted above, occurs in the summer- 

 time. 



Nest Hanging nest, suspended to a forked branch five to ten feet 



Food Forest insects. , 



631. White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus). A pair. A bird 

 of peculiar notes and actions. For observations on this bird in 

 W^est Virginia see West Virginia School Journal, December, 1908. 



Geog. Dist. Eastern United States, from New England south- 

 ward. 



W. Va. Dist. Common along the valleys of the Elk, Great 

 ICanawha, Greenbrier, Ohio, and Little Kanawha Rivers. In several 

 years residence along the Monongahela and the West Fork I have 

 not seen a single specimen of this Vireo. For many years I looked 

 for this bird in Upshur County, but failed to find it there. 



Nest Suspended from a forked branch in a thicket. 



Food Some fruit. Many insects of trees and shrubbery. 



636. Black and White Warbler (Mniotilta varia). A pair. 

 This bird may be known always by its plain black and white stripes. 

 In its habit of running up and down trees, it is like a creeper. 



Geog. Dist. Eastern United States from New England south- 

 ward. 



W. Va. Dist. Common in the summer months. Reaches Wf-st 

 Virginia about the 10th of April and remain till the last of Septem- 

 ber. Not very common in the higher portions of the state. 



Nest On the ground by the roots of a tree or under the edge of 

 a log or rock. 



Food Insects that are found on the trunks of trees. 



637. Prothonotary Warbler (Phrotonotaria citrea). One male 

 adult. A beautiful warbler found about streams and swamps. 



Geog. Dist. South-eastern and Central United States. 

 W. Va. Dist. Mr. Doan says, "I took a specimen of this fine 

 warbler Aug. 3, near Buckhannon. in a swampy woods." 

 Nest In a hole in tree. 

 Foods Insects that are found about water. 



639. Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitherus vermivorus) . One 

 specimen. A very plain, yet beautiful bird. The song of this 



