620. Vireo BoliUtrius < t. nicAr>Kti VIMO. (Bee Fig. ftS.) 



...I /./ujA ijr>iy ; rye rinjf arid ITI * Jnt> ; Iwk 



/n-it-r nii<l mi-l-lle ti|-|N-l with white, funning 



'ur; mitiT wi-l> ol iiiin-r r> ..... mliirir* white; nnlT j-iul* 



M.lia wanlivd with tfivi-uish yellow. L., i-tfl ; W., 2-M; T., .' i:,; It. 



fn.in N 



Rtmarii. This *|M-,-i, * may In- kin>uii l-v it* white lorwi and eye-ring, and 

 bluiith-xray chk-* an- 1 CMWII. 



/*. Eartum N"rth Ameriea; lirre.U fnnii '"iiiir.-tii-ut mini Nutl- 

 wanl iilmix' thr T'.-t i>l' tlu- Alli>'hunir.-) in-rtliwunl t N<- ISrun.Hwick and 

 Manit<>l>u; winter* fn>in Florida MMlhwird. 



.inirtoii. niiiii"M T. V., Ajil. 1<> t<> May 1"; S, j.t. t-. n.'t. 'j-i. Sing 

 Siiitf, t"lTul-ly ...timiDii T. V., A]-l. -J: 1 . to Muv 14; S,-|.t. H to Oct 20. t'aiii- 

 (iniiiiiiiii T. V.. ratlirr r.n. H. I: , \\>\. - J'> t< <<!. .".. 



|K'ii.-.ilc, nf jiiiu- iifi-dlcM, I'luiit <lwii, ct* 1 ., firmly intrrwovvn, nu- 

 IH-II.I..! fmin a forkitl l>raiu-h ttv' t-i t n tV> t up. />/</*, tim < ti l'.ur, whitf, 

 witli u !' blai-k, uniU-r, ir ruliu IT..VMI, chii-Hy at the 



-M x -58. 



This lar^o ami htindsoino Vireo a binl of the woods is the first 

 of ii> family to n-adi tin- Northi-rn Stales in the spring and the last 

 to depart in I In- autumn. Like its ronp'nrrs, luit unlike birds in gen- 

 eral, it .sings at its work. In form its music resembles the Red-eye's, 

 the Philadelphia's, and the Yellow-throat's; but to me it is more varied 

 and >H-iiutiful than any of these, though some listeners may prefer the 

 Yellow-throat for the richness and fullness of its "organ tone." The 

 .Solitary's song is matchless for the tenderness of its cadence, while in 

 |M-< uliarly happy moments the bird indulges in a continuous warble 

 that is really enchanting. It has, too, in common with the Yellow- 

 thn-at. a mu-inil chatter suggestive of the Baltimore Oriole's and a 

 pretty trilled whistle. Its most winning trait is its lameness. Wood 

 binl as it is, it will sometimes permit the greatest familiarities. Two 

 bird- I have seen which allowed themselves to be stroked in the freest 

 manner while sitting on the eggs, and which ate from my hand as 

 readily as any pet canary; but I have seen others that complained 

 loudly whenever I approached their tree. Perhaps they had had sad 



BRADFORD TORRKY. 



A ainifle |-.-iiiicn of the Pt.rMBKor* VIRKO (f>f!)f>. V. t. plumht*}, a wet- 

 MU been taken at Petcrboro, X. Y. i Miller, Auk, xi, 1894, p. 79). 



620C. V. . alticoUt /.V. */. M ITAKY VIREO. Similar 



t> the prwwlintr, hut with n miu-h larger hill, and the back jrencrally with 

 r Inui slaty hlu.-. W., 3 !.'; T., -.>25; B. from N., -35; depth of B. at 

 N.,-20. 



7;a>/<. Hi-li. r |N>rti<>n ..f the Allcghaniun in North and South Carwlina; 

 southward in winter to Florida. 



