52 Birds of Canada. 



sweet. The nest is pensile, and usually built in 

 tall trees ; eggs, six ; white, with small red spots 

 on the large end. Arrives here about the first 

 of May, and leaves late in September. 



V. noveboracensis. The White-eyed Vireo. 



This sweet songster frequents the thickest 

 bushes. It arrives in Canada about the first of 

 May, and remains until October. Color, bright 

 olive-green, above ; white, beneath ; iris, white. 

 Nests, in a brier or raspberry bush ; eggs, four 

 in number, reddish-brown. While in search of 

 insects it sings merrily and sweetly. 



V.flavifrons. The Yellow-throated Vireo. 



This is a beautiful and rather uncommon bird 

 with us. It usually arrives here about the fif- 

 teenth of May. Color, olive-green above ; throat 

 and breast, bright sulphur yellow ; the remaining 

 under parts, white. It is quite impossible to say 

 too much in favor of this sweet songster. The 

 nest is built a few feet from the ground, and is 

 a beautiful specimen of nest-building ; the eggs 

 are four in number, pure white, spotted with 

 brown. . 



F. solitarius. The Solitary Vireo. 



This beautiful and active fly-catcher is five 

 inches in length. Color, above, olive-green ; 



