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or rather to elude the eye. The eggs, four or five in 
number, are white, spotted with black, When the 
young are hatched, it conducts them into orchards 
and gardens, in search of berries for food. 
The Wuirte-ryrep Virgo, Vireo Noveboracensis, 
comes to us in April, and passes the summer in our 
State, where it appears to be much more abundant 
than the former, because it is more retired. Its song 
and its motions are energetic and animated ; it passes 
from twig to twig in quick Succession, glancing Up 
and down so quickly, that nothing can escape it, 
sometimes swallowing an insect, then stopping t0 
drink a dew-drop that hangs upon the leaves. Its 
song is spirited and emphatie, with considerable Và- 
riety of expression, and more powerful than could be 
expected from so smalla bird, This bird suspends 
its nest, like the former, but not high in the air; it 
is generally hung from the branch of a brier of à 
vine, and composed of bits of hornets’ nests, news 
papers, or grass woven in with twigs, with a lining 
of root-fibres. The eggs are four or five, white, 
with a few brown spots tOward the larger end. 
any one approaches the nest, the Vireo scolds with 
great heat and passion, At other times, it seems 
quite indifferent to his presence, and looks at him 
with perfect composure, at the distance of a few feet. 
The WansLiNG Vireo, Vireo gilvus, is a charming 
singer, and so unwearied in its various and anim 
warble, that it is one of the chief attractions of 8 
summer day. Its notes, So mellow and flowi?S . 
