WHITE-EYED VTREO. 



631. Vireo noveboracensis. 5 inches. 



This species shows a partiality for low, swampy 

 places, covered with briers or tangled thickets of 

 blackberry vines. Their habits are entirely different 

 from any of the preceding Vireos. They do not seem 

 to sing as they eat, but feed in silence, then, the task 

 ended, mount to the tops of the brush and indulge in 

 an endless variety of calls and whistles. 



Song. A great variety of clear whistles and 

 squeaky notes. 



Nest. A bulky structure of strips of bark, leaves, 

 paper, etc., either placed in the branches or partially 

 suspended in a fork; eggs white with minute brown 

 specks (.75. x .55). 



Eange. Eastern United States, breeding from the 

 Gulf to Massachusetts and Manitoba; winters in 

 Mexico. 



Sub-species. 631a. Key West Vireo (maynardi), 

 southern Florida. 631b. Bermuda White-eyed Vireo 

 (bermudianus), resident in the Bermudas. 631c. Small 

 White-eyed Vireo (micrus); southeastern Texas. 



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