74 WHITE-EYED VIREO 



deposited an egg, and soon after hatching, one of the 

 Vireo babies was smothered in the over-crowded 

 domicile. The strong, young Cowbird was the first 

 to fly and the parent Vireos had a hard time trying to 

 satisfy his ravenous appetite and yet care for their 

 own nestlings. They came back to the nest at 

 longer and longer intervals, finally deserting it en- 

 tirely, and leaving the little Vireos to die of starva- 

 tion. All Vireos are likely to be victims of Cowbird 

 depravity, and when a large egg is found in a nest, 

 it is only humane to throw it out. 



The song of the Yellow-throat is much like that of 

 the Red-eye, but his voice is richer, and his musical 

 sentences are more connected. 



White-eyed Vireo: Virco novcboraccnsis. 



Length $}/> inches. 



Upper parts bright olive-green; two distinct yellowish 

 wing-bars. Eyes white. 



Under parts white, breast and sides washed with greenish- 

 yellow. 



Resident (common) from April 20 to October 7; winters 

 from Florida southward. 



Tangled, swampy thickets are the favorite haunts 

 of the White-eye, and there the pensile nest will be 

 hung, generally on the forked branch of a bush. 

 These Vireos have a fancy for using bits of news- 

 paper in their nest, and by that the owners may be 

 known. One pair advertised " The Outlook " by 

 turning a piece of its title-page to the passers-by. 

 Their eggs, like those of all Vireos, are pointed and 

 lightly speckled at the larger end. 



The White-eye resents intrusion, and when we in- 

 vade his premises we are more likely to hear a sharp 



