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disturbed. Mr. Anderson says 

 that "the birds scold with great 

 vehemence when a person comes 

 near the nest and continue as 

 long as he remains in the vicin- 

 ity even though some distance 

 away." 



62g. V. solitarius. {Wils.) 

 BLUE-HEADED VIKEO. 



Mr. Brown reports soHtarius 

 as a not uncommon migrant in 

 Scott county. He says that it is 

 retiring and hurried, there seldom 

 being more than a few days be- 

 tween the first arrival and the de- 

 parture of the bulk. He finds it 

 usually in large woods. 



In Black Hawk Co., Mr. Peck 

 finds it a sometimes abundant, 

 but usually not very common 

 migrant. It appears early in 

 spring, in company with the har- 

 diest of the warblers while on its 

 way to its breeding grounds, 

 chiefly north of the U. S. 



Mr. Bartsch has never observed 

 the bird at Burlington but took 

 two specimens at Iowa City on the 

 6th of May, 1895. I" actions he 

 found them quite similar to the 

 Yellow-throated. 



Mr. Anderson has taken two 

 females of this migrant species in 

 Winnebago Co.; one May 14, 

 1892, and one Sept. 18, 1894. 



631. V. novcboracensis. {Gmel.) 

 WHITE-EYED VIREO. 



Mr. Bryan has seen this variety 

 of the Greenlets quite common 

 in the edge of the woods along 

 Squaw Creek in Story Co. He 

 also has specimens taken in 

 Mahaska Co. 



Mr. Wm. Savage reports it as 

 a resident in VanBuren Co., but 

 not very common. 



Mr. Brown says that while not 

 much seen in summer it is a not 

 uncommon summer resident and 

 fairly plentiful in spring. 



Mr, Bartsch writes as follows: 

 "Only two of these birds have 

 come under my observation; one 

 ai Burlington some years ago, 

 and one at Iowa City last spring. 

 This bird prefers the low, dense 

 willows and especially small trees 

 overgrown by a dense mass of 

 grape-vines. Had it not been 

 for the lively and pleasing man- 

 ner with which they delivered 

 their clear, ringing song, I should 

 have overlooked them in a tangle 

 of green." 



Mr. D. L. Savage sends the 

 following valuable notes in this 

 connection: "Not common. 

 Have never found a nest, al- 

 though I have noted the birds in 

 migrations, and also quite late in 

 the spring. Mr. Walter G. Sav- 



