WARBLING VIREO 



June 12, 18Q3 

 May g, 18Q4 

 May, 18Q5 

 May 12, i8q6 



A GREYER and slightly smaller bird 

 than the red-eyed vireo. I first saw 

 this bird sitting on its nest in a Cottonwood 

 tree, warbling sweetly as it sat there (the 

 males sit as well as the females) . In 1893. 

 The birds do not seem abundant around 

 here. I have observed perhaps half a 

 dozen this summer. 



June 21, i8q$. Edith and I saw another 

 nest today, this time in an apple orchard- 

 The bird was plainly visible sitting on it. 

 The nest looked as if it had cotton on the 

 outside. The song of these vireos is a 

 lovely, smooth, flowing warble, meander- 

 ing in rhythm something as the grosbeak's 

 is. It is one of my favorite bird songs. 

 It is soft and dreamy, quite unlike the 

 energetic notes of the red-eye. 



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