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Yireo noveboracensis Bonapaete, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 



IV, 1824, 176. 

 Popular synonyms : White-eyed Gbebnlet. Little Gbeen Hang- 



ING-BIED. CHICKTT-BEAVEB. 



The White-eyed Vireo is a rare visitant from other portions 

 of Illinois. Mr. B. T. Gault informs me of a specimen which was 

 taken at Gleft Ellyn on May 24, 1898. This species is an abun- 

 dant summer resident in the southern portions of Illinois, and is 

 also not uncommon in other suitable localities within the state. 

 Mr. E. W. Nelson recorded it* as a "summer resident. Rather 

 rare. Arrives the middle of May and departs the first of Oc- 

 tober." 



The range of the White-eyed Vireo covers the United States, 

 east of the Rocky Mountains and from Minnesota and the south- 

 ern portion of New England. It breeds from the Gulf states 

 northward, and winters in the Gulf states and south to Guatemala 

 and Honduras. 



Vireo bellii Audubon. Bell's Vireo. 



Vireo bellii Atjdttbon, B. Amer., VII, 1844, 333, pi. 485. 

 Popular synonym : Beix's Geeenlet. 



The only records I have been able to find of the occurrence 

 of Bell's Vireo within our limits are the following: Mr. E. W. 

 Nelson says :* "A single specimen, obtained near Chicago, June 

 23, 1875, is the only instance I have recorded of its occurrence in 

 this vicinity. It is a common summer resident on the more 

 southern prairies of the state." Mr. H. K. Coale informs me 

 that a specimen was brought to him which had been shot by a 

 boy in Chicago in the spring of 1875. The identification was af- 

 terwards confirmed by Dr. Ridgway. Mr. Harry Swarth re- 

 ports the finding of Veil's Vireo, nesting in a thick patch of 

 shrubbery at Joliet, Illinois. Subsequently several more nests 

 were found. These are the first authentic nesting records for 

 this region. 



FAMILY MNIOTILTID^ : WOOD WARBLERS. 

 Genus MNIOTILTA Vieillot, 1816. 



Mniotilta varia (Linnseus). Black and White Warbler. 



Motacilla varia Linn^us, S. N., ed. 12, I, 1766, 333. 

 Mniotilta varia Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., XXI, 1818, 230. 

 Popular synonyms : Black and White Ckeepee. Black and White 

 Ceeepino Wabblee. Stbiped Ceeepeb. 



*Birds of Northeastern Illinois. Bull, of the Essex Institute, Vol. VIII, 1876, 103. 



