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Provinces; winters in Colombia, S. A.; south in Sep. and 

 Oct. ; north in May. Frequents the margins of woodlands, 

 orchards, and open groves. Song, "Do you hear me; do you 

 see me; here I am" given with emphatic energy, slightly 

 harsh repeated about 8 or 10 times a minute. Nest, covered 

 with lichens. 



2. SOLITARY VIEEO, L. SOLITARIUS. 5.50; top of 

 head, deep slate-gray; back, dark olive-green ; ring round eye 

 and line to bill, white ; beneath, white ; sides tinged with yel- 

 low and greenish ; wing bands Fig. 358. 



and under tail coverts, tinged 

 with yellow, fig. 358. Breeds 

 locally in southern N. E. north 

 commonly from northern N. E. 

 into the British Provinces; 

 winters in the Gulf States 

 south into Central America. 

 Song, shorter and lower than 

 in 1, and given with less ener- 

 gy, without the harsh intona- 

 tion. Frequents woodlands. CC, P, b, 2. 



3. MOUNTAIN YIREO, L. ALTICOLA. Differs from 2 

 in being larger, darker, with more gray on back. Breeds in 

 the southern Alleghanies from Md. to N. C. ; winters in the 

 lowlands of the eastern Gulf and south Atlantic States. 



4. PLUMBEOUS YIREO, L. PLUMBEUS. Differs from 

 3 in having back wholly gray, and less yellow beneath. Rocky 

 Mountains of U. S. and mountains of Mexico ; accidental in 

 N. Y. 



c. Little Vireos. Vireo. 



Small vireos, often greenish above with much yellow 

 about head ; wing bands, present. 



1. WHITE-EYED YIREO, Y. NOVEBORACENSIS. 5.25; 

 greenish-olive above; white beneath much tinged with yel- 

 low on sides ; line from bill over eye, eye ring, and wing 

 bands, sulphur yellow ; iris, white, fig. 359. Breeds in east- 



