RED-EYED VIREO. 



624. Vireo olivaceus. 6 inches. 



Crown slaty gray with a black border; white stripe 

 above eye; eye reddish brown. 



Throughout the United States this in one of the 

 most abundant of the family. All through the spring 

 and summer months their warble is heard from wood- 

 land and roadside, often becoming so monotonous as 

 to be irritating. Often times during the spring mi- 

 grations of Warblers, Vireos are so numerous and 

 singing so lustily that it is impossible to hear or dis- 

 tinguish the songs of any of the smaller birds. 



Song. Delivered in parts with intermission of a 

 few seconds between, from morning until night; a 

 short varied warble; call, a petulant mew. 



Nest. A basket woven of strips of bark and fibres, 

 and often with pieces of newspaper worked in, lined 

 with fine /rass; eggs white with a few blackish brown 

 specks on the large end (.85x.55). 



Range. U. S. east of the Kockies, breeding from 

 the Gulf to Labrador and Manitoba; winters in Cen- 

 tral America. 9 



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