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titmice and Dendroecm, and quite as active and restless as 

 they are. 



Myiodioctes canadensis (Linn.) Canadian Fly-catching 

 Warbler.— 1 obtained a single example out of a small flock 

 during the last week of August, 1880, among low densely- 

 foliaged shrubs along the banks of the river. They were lively 

 little birds, busily seeking for insects among the lower branches 

 of the thicket, and were quite unsuspicious of approach. 



YiREOSYLViA OLiVACEA (Linn.) Red-eyed Vireo. — An abundant 

 summer visitor to the densely wooded districts, where it arrives 

 about the beginning of April, and from that time to the middle 

 of September is one of the most conspicuous inhabitants of those 

 leafy solitudes. They are active and restless little birds, con- ^ 

 tinually, even under the scorching blaze of the noonday sun, in 

 motion amongst the upper branches of the loftiest and most 

 thickly foliaged trees — a situation which they peculiarly affect — 

 never while here descending near the ground. Their food con- 

 sists of insects, which they occasionally take upon the wing, but 

 more commonly while resting ; nor did I find a trace of vegetable 

 matter in the stomachs of those which I examined, either in 

 spring or fall. They are persistent singers, bursting forth con- 

 tinually into song, even when engaged in procuring food, the 

 notes being clear and sweet, and very loud for the size of the bird. 

 Lanivireo solitarius (Vieil.) Blue-headed Vireo.~Oii the 

 4th October I shot an example of this bird in the bottom timber 

 where it was feeding among the middle branches of the trees, in 

 company with a few of its own species, kinglets and titmice ; its 

 stomach was full of small coleoptera. This was the only occasion 

 on which I met with it. 



Vireo noveboracensis (Gmel.) White-eyed Vireo.— An abun- 

 dant summer visitor to all the wooded regions, where it arrives 

 during March, and immediately sets about the duties of incuba- 

 tion, the first brood being able to fly by May, and the second by 

 July. They have all left this section by the middle of Sep- 

 tember, for a month previous to which date they are by far the 

 most numerous of the woodland birds, and are very conspicuous, 

 going in parties of from ten to twenty,- and feeding among the 

 lower and middle branches of the trees. During the spring and 

 summer they feed entirely on insects, small caterpillars being 



