YELLOW-THROATED VIREO. 



628. Lanivireo flavifrons. 5% inches. 



Upper parts greenish; throat, breast and line over 

 eye yellow ; two prominent whitish wing bars. 



A handsome Yireo found in localities such as are 

 frequented by the Red-eyed species. Nowhere do they 

 appear to be as abundant as that species, however; they 

 are more abundant than many suppose, but the difficulty 

 of clearly seeing the yellow breast when they are feeding 

 in the tree tops, combined with the similarity of their 

 songs, usually caused them to be passed by without in- 

 spection. 



Song. Similar to that of the Red-eye, but louder 

 and more nasal, less varied and not uttered as often. 



Nest. A pensile structure of strips of bark, grasses, 

 etc., with the outside often ornamented with lichens ; 

 three to five eggs with a creamy or rosy-white tint, 

 specked, more profusely than those of the Red-eye, with 

 reddish brown (.82 x .60). 



Range. Eastern U. S., breeding from the Gulf to 

 southern Canada ; winters in Central America. 



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