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abundantly at Manchester, the nest hanging from the horizontal crotch of a limb " (L. 

 Whitney Watkins). This sweet singer is a very valuable bird. 



Yellow-throated Vireo, natural size. 



267-628-(176). Vireo flavifrons (VieilL). * YELLOW-THROATED VIREO. 



Common; April to September; " common at Ann Arbor " (Dr. J. B. Steere); " rare 

 in Wayne County" (B. W. Swales); "common in Hillsdale and Lenawee Counties" 

 (A. H. Boies); "Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); breeds; nests in June, in trees; "nest 

 from seven to thirty feet high, usually about twelve, and covered with lichens " (Dr. M. 

 Gibbs); eggs rosy white, spotted with brown. 



2O8-629-(177). Vireo solitarius (Wils.). * BLUE-HEADED VIREO OR GREENLET; 

 SOLITARY GREENLET. 



Rare; May and October; migrant; S. E. White finds this at Mackinac Island; E. E. 

 Brewster has taken it at Iron Mountain; Dr. M. Gibbs writes me that it is a summer 

 resident in Wexford County. 



White-eyed Vireo, natural size. 



2<>9-(>31-(181). Vireo noveboracensis (Gmel.}. *WHITE-EYED VIREO OR GREEN- 

 LET. 



"Scarce summer sojourner, breeds " (Dr. M. Gibbs on authority of Messrs. A. B. 

 Covert and the late D. D. Hughes); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); embraced in 

 Cabot's Birds of Lake Superior. 



FAMILY MNIOTILTID.E. WARBLERS, WOODLAND WARBLERS. 



Small birds; often sweet singers; usually beautiful; mostly insectivorous; eggs 

 almost always bluish white or cream colored specked with brown. Of many killed 

 this spring 1893 the stomachs almost invariably contained both seeds and insects. 



