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AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



RED^EYED VIREO. 



A. O. r. No. 634. 



(Vireo olivaceas- ) 



RANGE. 



Found throughout North America, east of the Rockies and from the 

 arctic regions south. Breeds throughout its range. 

 DESCRIPTION. 



Length, 6 in.; extent, 10 in.; tail, 2.5 in. Eyes reddish brown. Bill 

 dark above and lighter below. Feet grayish. Upper parts olive green. 

 Crown grayish with a blackish stripe on either side. A white stripe 

 extends over the eye and a dusky one from the bill through the eye. 

 The under parts are white, tinged with yellowish green on the sides and 

 under tail coverts. Wings and tail dusky, the outer edges of the feath- 

 ers being olive. 



NEST AND EGGS. 



The Red-eyed builds a beautiful substantial basket like nest, which 

 is suspended from the fork of a tree or bush and is generally located 

 from one to ten feet from the ground. The outside of the nest is skill- 

 fully woven with vegetable fibres, bark, and sometimes bits of paper 

 and twine. It is lined with fine grasses and horsehair. The three or 

 four eggs are laid during May or June and are white with a few specks 

 of reddish-brown around the larger end. 



THE HOME LIFE OF A VIREO. 



RINGING with them the 

 good cheer of the South, 

 the Red-eyed Vireos reach 

 the northern boundary of 

 the United States about 

 the middle of May. From 

 morning till night, regard- 

 less of the weather, they 

 pour forth song after song, 

 and seem to be the most 

 independent, happy-go- 

 lucky fellows of the bird 

 world. Business seems a 

 pleasure to them and all 

 day long they clamber 



