Semi-Pensile, Pensile or Hanging Nests 



The nest is of the regular vireo type. The eggs, ^ to 4 in 

 number, are white with few dark spots, sometimes in a wreath- 

 like cluster around the larger end. Size— .81 x .62. 



These birds are inhabitants of the woods, though they some- 

 times breed in apple trees near houses. A pair bred in an apple 

 tree that almost touched a house, and the young could be seen 

 from my window, as they left the nest; this was in South 

 Orange, New Jersey. 



629c. Mountain Solitary Vireo: V. s. alticola Brewst. 



Resembles the preceding, but is larger, and more gray than 

 green on the back. 

 Breeding Range — Higher portions of the Alleghanies in North and 



South Carolina. 



The nest is much like that of other vireos, but larger, and 

 having in addition to the usual materials pieces of decayed wood 

 fastened on the outside with spiders' or caterpillars' webs. 3 to 

 4 eggs are laid ; they are white, with fine spots and dots of 

 brown. Size — .80 x. 58. 



631. White-eyed Vireo: Vireo noveboracensis (Gmel.) 



Adult — Upper parts greenish ; two wing bars of yellowish white ; 

 under parts whitish, the breast and sides being tinged with 

 yellow ; iris white until after the breeding season ; yellow 

 eye-ring and in front of eye. Length — 5.27. 



Breeding Range — From Maine southward. 



The nest is much deeper than most of the vireo nests, being 

 about two inches deep inside, and three and a half to four and a 

 half deep outside. It is made of moss, lichen, plant fibre, grass, 

 with chips of wood (taken often from a woodpecker's excava- 

 tion) fastened on the outside ; the lining is of fine grass. It is 

 sometimes attached to the forked branch by numerous threads of 

 caterpillar silk. The eggs are white, with either very few or 

 many small spots or specks of dark purplish brown. 3 to 5 are 

 laid. Size — .76 x .56. See Fig. 6, Plate C. 



These little songsters may be found nesting in the damp 

 thickets, the nest being hung within a few feet of the ground ; 

 the birds sit very close and will not readily desert their nests. In 

 taking the accompanying photograph I was able to arrange and 



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