Plate XLVIII. 



Fig. I VIREO NOVEBORAGENSIS-Wkite-eyed Vireo. 



The White-eyed Vireo arrives in the spring and departs in the fall about the same time as the 

 other species of the family. During the nesting season it is very unequally distributed throughout the 

 State. In some localities it is not found; in some it is an occasional resident only; in others it is com- 

 mon. Dr. J. M. Wheaton has not been able to find it breeding in the neighborhood of Columbus, nor 

 have I been able to discover it about Circleville. Dr. F. W. Langdon refers to it in his catalogue of 

 1879 as "a common summer resident" near Madisonville. 



Nest-building begins the last of May or the first of June. Two broods are probably reared by each, 

 pair during the season. 



LOCALITY: 



The nest is uniformly placed on a low limb of a tree or in a bush situated in shrubbery. A low, 

 moist thicket of bushes and small trees is a favorite locality. Occasionally, the nest is built in an orna- 

 mental bush or tree in a town or country lawn. 



POSITION : 



The nest is pensile, and is situated in a horizontal fork in a similar manner to the nest of the 

 Red-eyed Vireo. Its distance from the ground is usually between three and six feet. 



MATERIALS : 



The material of construction is very similar to that of the nest of the Red-eyed Vireo, but it is 

 arranged exteriorly in a much looser manner. A specimen before me, which may be considered an 

 average nest in size and material, is constructed and measures as follows: Externally are visible 

 pieces of corn-husk, bits of leaves, bark, fibres, grasses, wool, and a few lichens. The whole is rather 

 roughly arranged, and is held together by fine vegetable fibres, spider's web, and other silky threads. 

 Within this somewhat flimsy exterior, or foundation, is a thin layer of grasses and fibres which corre- 

 sponds to the superstructure in a nest supported from below. The lining comes next, and is also very 

 thin, being composed of roller-grass and split grasses. About the rim the grasses of the lining are 

 arranged circularly, and are bound to the exterior and to the branches of support by thread-like vege- 

 table fibres and web. The whole is quite strong and durable, notwithstanding its thin walls and frail 

 appearance. The external diameter of this nest is two and three-fourths, and its external depth nearly 

 three inches. The diameter of its cavity is two and one-eighth inches in its widest part. At the rim it 

 is but one and seven-eighths inches. The depth of its cavity is two and three-eighths inches. 



In place of the corn-husk in the nest just described, newspaper, paper from the nest of the wasp 

 or hornet, and similar material, is frequently substituted; and mosses, insects, catkins, pine-needles, and 



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