332 VIREOS. 



This race of the Blue-headed Vireo is a common summer resident 

 in the southern Alleghanies (see Loomis, Auk, viii, 1891, p. 329). 



631. Vireo noveboracensis (Gmel.). WHITE-EYED VIREO. Ad. 



Upper parts, including upper tail-i-ovt-rt*, bright olive-green, more or less 

 washed with grayish ; greater and middle wing-coverts tipped with yellowish 

 white, forming two distinct wing-bars ; outer web of inner secondaries whitish ; 

 lores and eye-ring yellow; throat white or whitish ; belly white; breast and 

 sides washed with greenish yellow; iris white, hazel in the young. L., 5'27; 

 W., 2-37 ; T., 1-95 ; B. from N., -29. 



Range. Eastern United States; breeds from Florida to New Hampshire 

 and Minnesota; winters from Florida southward. 



Washington, common S. K., Apl. 20 to Oct 7. Sing Sing, common S. R., 

 Apl. 29 to Oct. 3. Cambridge, rather rare S. R., May 8 to Sept 20; formerly 

 common. 



JVest, generally similar to that of V. olivaceus, suspended from a forked 

 branch in thickets. Eggs, three to four, white, with a few specks of black, 

 umber, or rufous- brown at the larger end, -75 x -55. 



If birds are ever impertinent, I believe this term might with truth 

 be applied to that most original, independent dweller in thickety un- 

 dergrowths, the White-eyed Vireo. Both his voice and manner say 

 that he doesn't in the least care what you think of him ; and, if 

 attracted by his peculiar notes or actions, you pause near his haunts, 

 he jerks out an abrupt "Who are you, eh? " in a way which plainly 

 indicates that your presence can be dispensed with. If this hint is 

 insufficient, he follows it by a harsh scolding, and one can fancy that 

 in his singular white eye there is an unmistakable gleam of disap- 

 proval. 



I have always regretted that the manners of this Vireo have been a 

 bar to our better acquaintance, for he is a bird of marked character 

 and with unusual vocal talents. He is a capital mimic, and in the 

 retirement of his home sometimes amuses himself by combining the 

 songs of other birds in an intricate potpourri. 



63 la. V. n. maynardi Jir> in>t. KKV WEST VIREO. Scarcely dis- 

 tinguishable in color from the preceding, but averaging somewhat paler and 

 lea \ellow below, and with n larger bill. L., 5'12; W., 2-40; T., 2-12; B. 

 from N., -35. 



Range. Southern Florida. 



This closely related race of the White-eyed Vireo is a common per- 

 manent resident in southern Florida. 



633. Vireo belli A>nl. BELL'S VIREO. Ad. Crown ashy gray, 

 changing to olive-green on the rump; greater and middle wing-coverts nar- 

 rowly tipped with while: lores and i-Vi-ring whitish; under parts white-, 

 breast and Bides washed with greenish yellow. L., 475; W., 2-20; T., 1-80; 

 B. from N., -28. 



