628. Vireo flavifrons 

 YELLOW-THROATED VIREO. 6 inches 



Male and Female alike. Above olive-green ; rump gray ; wing 



bars white. Below, throat and breast yellow ; belly white. 



A bird of the open woods and orchards, a persistent destroyer of 



caterpillars' nests. Common in Massachusetts. Arrives about 



May 5. 



Song. Sweet and rich in quality, in form much like the Red-eyed 



Vireo's, but slower and lower in pitch. 



Nest. A little cup decorated with lichens, hanging at the fork of 



a branch, not very high up, often in orchards. 



Breeds. In southern New England. 



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