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139. Vireo solitarius (Wils.). 

 SOLTTAEY VIREO. BLUE-HEADED VIREO. 



Above, oUve-green; crown, ashy-blue with «, broad white line from 

 nostril to eye; beneath, white. Length, 5J Inches. 



Common migrant but very rare summer resident. Earliest 

 arrival April 26 ; departs in October. Habits, eggs and nest 

 like those of the red-eyed vireo, but the song 'is more varied 

 and musical. 



140. Vireo noveboracensis (Qmel.). 

 WHITE-EYED VIREO. 



Above, bright olive-green ; beneath, white; sides and under tail coverts 

 yellow; two yellowish wing bars; iris, white. Len^h, 5i inches. 



Very rare visitor in May, in low, swampy, thickets. 



141. Mniotilta varia (Linn.). 



BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER. BLACK AND 

 WHITE CREEPER. 



Above, black marked with white; beneath white, in male spotted with 

 black. Length, SSJ inches. 



Common migrant but rare summer resident. Earliest arrival 

 April 28 ; departs in September. Raises 1 brood. Eggs 3-5, 

 white, marked with reddish. Nest of grass, leaves, hair, etc., 

 on the ground at foot of a stump, in a swamp. Eggs laid in 

 June. Feeds on insects. Beneficial. Notes, weak and 

 infrequent. 



142. Protonotaria citrea (Bodd.). 

 PROTHONOTARY WARBLER. 



Golden-yellow shading into bluish-ash on rump and tail; most of the 

 tail feathers marked with white. Length, BJ inches. 



Very rare, accidental visitor from the south. One instance. 

 Northampton, May, 1883. E. O. Damon. 



