624. Vireo olivaceus 

 RED-EYED VIREO. 6 inches 



Male and Female alike. Above olive-brown ; a black line above a 

 white line over the bright red eye ; no wing bars. Below white. 

 A bird of roadsides and the open woods. Feeds on insects, largely 

 caterpillars. Common in Massachusetts. Arrives about May 12. 

 Song. Loud and clear, delivered in conversational style all day 

 and all summer long ; might be described as a query of three syl- 

 lables in rising inflection, are you there ? then in falling inflec- 

 tion the answer, we are here. 



Nest. At the fork of a branch, a dainty hanging cup. 

 Breeds. Throughout New England. 



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