PASSERES MNIOTILTID^. 171 



235. (631.) ViREo NOVEBORACENSis (Gmel.). 71. 

 White-eyed Vireo. 



Synonyms: Muscicapa noveboracensis. 



White-eyed Greenlet, Little Green Hangingbird, Chickity- 

 beaver, Politician, Hanging Flycatcher, Green Flycatcher. 

 Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 163. 



The White-eyed Vireo is distinctly southern in its distri- 

 bution, in Ohio. It is a fairly common summer resident in 

 the southern half of the state, ranging at least to the south- 

 ern border of Franklin county, but Dr. Wheaton did not 

 find it at all at Columbus, nor have others found it there as 

 more than a casual visitor. In the eastern half of the state 

 it ranges north into Cuyahoga and Ashtabula counties, be- 

 ing fairly common at Jefferson all summer. There is no 

 record for Lorain county. I did not find it in Medina coun- 

 ty, where the conditions are unusuall}^ favorable, nor at 

 either the Licking or Lewiston reservoirs. Dr. Wheaton 

 regarded it as of local distribution over the state. If that 

 be true at the present time evidence is lacking. 



It reaches our southern border early in May and retires 

 southward early in September. 



Family MNIOTILTID^. Wood Warblers. 



The species of this family found in Ohio are both the most 

 numerous and the most interesting of birds. Thirty-six 

 species are regularly found, one has wandered from the east, 

 and two belong to the Hypothetical List of the A. O. U. He 

 who can resist the temptations to get into the woods which 

 "Warbler Time" brings is hopeless from an ornithological 

 standpoint ! Most of them pass through the state twice 

 each year, but fully fifteen species remain to breed while 

 three others occasionally do. Some of the species which 

 nest well north in the state in small numbers and are mi- 

 grants elsewhere must be regarded as rare breeders, the 

 most of the individuals passing well north to breed. 



Most members of this group are insect eaters, but most of 

 them also eat fruit and berries in their season, some of them 

 to a considerable extent. Some are gleaners from leaf and 



