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YELLOW-THROATED VIREO. 



628. Vireo flavifrons. 5^ inches. 



Upper parts greenish; throat, breast and line over 

 eye yellow; two prominent whitish wing bars. 



A handsome Vireo 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 simi- 

 larity of their songs, usually caused them to be passed 

 by without inspection. 



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 (.82x.60). 



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

 southern Canada; winters in Central America. 



