MVIXK OHNITMOLOGIIST ANOOULO'.lvr 



( noallumvl from first png^.) 

 b:- I <!, ';l;)se to soin.; riinning brool* 

 ail 1 sel'loin venture!' close t(* Iminaii 

 l;abirati.«n ; but in the case of one ucst 

 foimd last year the sit selected was 

 a hiil-sile with searsely any under- 

 IkViish, and with no strti'.ni of watci 

 noai 



yards of a dwelliii:::: This is an excep- 

 tion ,1 fiml, to the <ren<M-al mile. 



Nest bui!<lin.!j: coninieuces about the 

 fiist of June, some times a little earlier ; 

 both bii-ds take part in it's constr-ictioii 

 wliicli isthcUbor >!' ab >u' five days. 



The site generally selected is at the 

 base of a (dump of bushes, and is care- 

 fully concealed by overhanging leaves. 

 The typical structur ' is oven shipped 

 w'tli an opening in the side large 

 enongh to admit the bird. 



The ucst is composed of leaves 

 and grasses, 'ind lined with fine grass. 

 The ei^ii are five in number, and are 

 of a creamy-white thickly marked will) 

 reddi<h-browr. spots, sometijnes form- 

 ing a rin,^ aroun 1 the larger end. 

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manner, and he. seems to ihird< it hi* 

 duty toentei'tain you as long as you are 

 in his domain : a'l t!i<3 while uttering 

 his halt-mii litatlve h}iir-[)lantive carol ; 

 casunlly hopping from spray it spray, 

 son)e times in thnrear. someliniiis flying 



.>nt uas v.iihin one lu„Klred I i^' =^^1^;^^^<-'^ ^''t ^'^;^''.\^ "«»'■' «'"<\i^* «• 



cess-ttion occurs in his almost untiring 



lay. it is occtis'oned by the fly orcater- 

 piller which he hasjust (taught. 



The nest is suspended in the form of 

 abasket from the forked b'-anch to whicii 

 it is atta bed, :ind generally placed at 

 the yary end of some long branch with- 

 in four or five feet of the <]rrouad. This 

 rule does not always hold good how- 

 ever, for on one occasion I found a nest 

 of this species at a bight of over forty 

 feet from the ground ; but such excep- 

 tions are rare. 



Tiienest itself is a marvel of neatness 

 and is composed of rotten wood, birch 

 1) irk, p'Qe needles, and Spanish moss. 

 These .ire iieat'y an I (ompactly 

 woven ^)gether, and lined with strips of 

 grapevine or cedar bark. loncefourd 

 a nest composed wholly of pine needles. 

 The eggs are deposited about the 

 lOth.of.Iune and are usunly three in 

 number in this locality. (Central Maine) 

 When fresh the eggs are of a delicate 

 flesh-color, but this vanishes on lemov- 

 ing their contense, and they become a 

 clear vn bite. 



They are marked with fine dots of 

 a reddish-brown andbla*k. 



Two broods are sometimes reared in 

 a season. Tlie j eriod of incubation is 

 about twelve <lavs. 



The Red-eyed Yireo. 

 ( Vlreo Oliaadeus.) 



This most exquisite songster is one 

 of our most common summer visitants. 

 Arriving about the iirsl of May, it re- 

 mains with us about a month before en- 

 tering upiui domestic duties. Meant'me 

 he it one o^' the busiest little fellows 

 i iiijci.iible; and if you chanceto visit 

 the orchards and groves frequni'ted bv 

 him, vou are saluted in a most fiieudK 



