RED-EYED VIREO 



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broken sentences, 

 in triplets, given as 

 he hunts over the 

 branches for food. 

 4 Where 's a worm? 

 Where 's a cater- 

 pillar ? Where 's a 

 FIG. 61. worm ? ' he queries 



Red-eyed Vireo. as ne goes, answer- 



ing his own ques- 

 tion very comfortably to himself. There is no- 

 thing ecstatic about his song. It seems merely 

 the accompaniment of his occupation. He sings 

 as a contented man whistles at his work. His call 

 note is quite a different matter. From it one 

 would imagine him the most discontented of mor- 

 tal birds, for it is a complaining, mewing whee- 

 ough. It is only fair to say, though, that often 

 when he gives it he has cause for complaint, for 

 at such times you frequently find some feathered 

 bugaboo abroad in the land. 



If it were not for the Vireo' s song you would 



