VIREOS. 



The Vireos, or Grcenlets, are dainty little birds 

 whose leaf-tinted dress harmonizes so perfectly with 

 the foliage of their haunts that they often pass un- 

 noticed. They have sweet voices, and build beautiful 

 basket nests, suspended from forked twigs. They 

 are insect eaters and are most useful in preserving 

 our shade trees from the ravages of caterpillars, inch- 

 worms, and leaf-eating beetles. Four species nest 

 here, the Red-eye, White-eye, Warbling, and Yellow- 

 throated, while in migration the Blue-headed, and 

 possibly the Philadelphia, may be seen. 



Red-eyed Vireo: Virco olk'accns. 



Length about 6 inches. 



Upper parts grayish-green; crown gray, bordered with 

 black. 



A conspicuous white line over the red eye. 



Under parts pure white. 



Resident (abundant) from April 25 to October 15; winters 

 in Central and South America. 



The Red-eye is the most common of our Vireos 

 and is found wherever there are la-rge trees in wood- 

 land, in orchards, and in the shade trees of our lawns. 

 Mr. liiiiToughs writes: '' The first among the less 

 common birds which I identified when I began the 

 study of ornithology, was the Red-eyed Vireo, the 

 little gray bird with a line over its eye, that moves 

 about all day with its incessant cheerful warble, and it 

 so fired mv enthusiasm that before the end of the 



