YELLOW-THROATED VIREO 301 



Yellow- throated Vireo : Vireojlavifrons. 

 (See Fig. 170, p. 305.) 



Adults, upper parts bright olive-green ; throat and breast bright 

 yellow ; two white wing bars. Length, about 6 inches. 



GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION. Eastern North America ; breeds 

 from Florida to Newfoundland and Manitoba ; winters in the 

 tropics. 



We have spoken of the Red-eyed and Warbling 

 Vireos, the commonest Greenlets of village and 

 woodland ; but often, when listening to the song 

 of the Red-eye on the village streets, or more fre- 

 quently in the woods, you will hear the rich con- 

 tralto warble of the Yellow-throat. It is as much 

 richer as the colors of the bird are deeper than 

 those of the Red-eye. In addition to the conven- 

 tional Vireo triplet, the Yellow-throat has a gut- 

 tural fragment of one note repeated four times, 

 followed by a short, rapid run down the scale. To 

 distinguish it from both the Warbling and Red- 

 eye, you have but to remember the yellow on its 

 breast and its two strongly marked wing bars. 



Mr. Chapman gives its song as " See me ; I 'm 

 here; where are you?" but adds that the little 

 bird " sometimes astonishes us by an intricate 

 liquid trill which suggests the wonderful song of 

 the Ruby Kinglet, but which unfortunately is 

 sometimes marred by the scolding notes that pre- 

 cede or follow it." 



The nest of this Vireo is particularly pretty, 

 being decorated not only with spider-webs but 

 with bits of lichen also. 



