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Fig. 165. RED-EYED VIREO. 



appearance, almost as though it were equipped with auto- 

 mobile goggles. 



This last nest was in a very ill-chosen location. When 

 these jjictures were made, at which time the nest contained 

 eggs, the bottom of the structure was less than six inches 

 from the ground. B\^ the time the eggs had hatched and the 

 young were a week old, the nest touched the ground. Two 

 days later it was empty; some marauding animal had made 

 away with the little birds and perhaps captured the mother 

 too, for I did not see her again although the male was in 

 the neighborhood for several weeks. 



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