YELLOW-THROATED VIREO 



1894 



April 5, 1895 



(Georgia) 

 May, 189 s 

 May 4, 1896 

 May 8, 1897 

 May 12, 1898 



WE found this vireo nesting on the 

 road to the spring, the male and 

 female alternating in sitting on the eggs. 

 Edith Skeele and I watched them for an 

 hour, and it was very interesting to see one 

 slip silently off the nest as the other came 

 up. The coloring of this bird is very 

 beautiful. The song is shorter than that 

 of the red-eyed, deeper in tone, and not 

 quite so varied and flexible, but it is richer 

 in quality, and louder. In general char- 

 acter, however, it resembles the red-eye's 

 song more than that of any other vireo. 

 (I have not yet heard the solitary sing.) 

 But I think it is, if anything, more deliber- 

 ate and repeated at longer intervals. I 

 have only observed one pair of these birds 

 in Elmhurst, but in Georgia I have had 

 ample opportunity to study them. Every 



