1 86 SINGING BIRDS. 



PHILADELPHIA VIREO. 



ViREO PHILADELPHICUS. 



Char. Above, grayish olive, brighter on rump, shading to ashy on 

 crown; beneath, very pale yellow, whiter on throat and belly; sides 

 shaded with olive. Length about 4^ inches. 



Nest. In a grove ; suspended from forked twigs of low branch ; com- 

 posed of grass and birch bark. 



Eggs. 4-2 ; white, spotted with brown ; ? 



This species was first described by Mr. Cassin, in 1851, from 

 a specimen shot by him near Philadelphia in 1842. The bird's 

 habits remain almost unknown. The only nest yet discovered was 

 found by Mr. Ernest E. Thompson in Manitoba. 



Of the bird's range very little is known. A few examples have 

 been taken in New England, and in 1882 our party secured several 

 at Edmundston, in New Brunswick, near the Quebec border. Dr. 

 Wheaton considered it a regular spring and fall migrant through 

 Ohio, but very few have been observed in Ontario. 



Note. — Mr. Comeau has taken at Godbout, on the north shore 

 of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, one example of the Yellow-green 

 ViREO {V. flavovirides), a bird of Mexico and Central America. 



