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northern South America. In New York it is uniformly distributed through- 

 out the State, being the commonest species of the family. It is a summer 

 resident, undoubtedly, of every county. Every grove and woodland in 

 southern and western New York harbors this species, and I have found 

 it breeding in the Adirondacks as high as the summit of the Bartlett ridge, 

 the Geological cobble and Mt Colvin. It seems to be nearly as common 

 in the North Woods as it is in the groves of western New York, but is not 

 so generally distributed among the shade trees and orchards of the culti- 



Red-eyed vireo 2 incubating 



vated districts as one would expect, in these localities being largely replaced 

 by the Warbling vireo. The spring migration begins from April 28 to 

 May 12. In the fall it disappears from October 4 to 25. 



Haunts and habits. As already indicated, this species is arboreal 

 in habit, and is usually found singing and feeding in the tree tops. It 

 has frequently been called the " preacher bird " from his habit of keeping 

 up his little refrain with almost singsong monotony throughout the day, 

 almost throughout every day of the summer. The song consists of a short 



