332 VIREOS. 



This race of the Blue-headed Vireo is a common summer resident 

 in the southern Alleghanies (see Loomis, Auk, viii, 1891, p., 339). 



631. Vireo noveboracensis ((?m«;.). ■White-eyed Vireo. Ad.— 

 Dpper parts, including upper tail-coverts, bright olive-green, more or less 

 washed with grayish ; greater and middle wing-ooverts tipped with yellowish 

 white, forming two distinct wing-bars ; outer web of inner secondaries whitish ; 

 lores and eye-ring yellow ; throat white or whitish ; belly white ; breast and 

 sides washed with greenish yellow ; iris white, hazel in the young. L., 5'27 ; 

 W., 2-37 ; T., 1-95 ; B. from N., '29. 



Bange, — Eastern United States ; breeds from Florida to New Hampshire 

 and Minnesota ; winters from Florida southward. 



Washington, common S. E., Apl. 20 to Oct. 1. Sing Sing, common S. E., 

 Apl. 29 to Oct. 3. Cambridge, rather rare S. E., May 8 to Sept. 20 ; formerly 

 common. 



Best, generally similar to that of V. oUvaceus, suspended from a forked 

 branch in thickets. £ggs, three to four, white, with a few specks of black, 

 umber, or rufous- brown at the larger end, '75 x '55. 



If birds are ever impertinent, I believe this terra might with truth 

 be applied to that most original, independent dweller in thiokety un- 

 dergrowths, the White-eyed Vireo. Both his voice and manner say 

 that he doesn't in the least care what you think of him; and, if 

 attracted by his peculiar notes or actions, you pause near his haunts, 

 he jerks out an abrupt " Who are you, eh ? " in a way which plainly 

 indicates that your presence can be dispensed with. If this hint is 

 insuflScient, he follows it by a harsh scolding, and one can fancy that 

 in his singular white eye there is an unmistakable gleam of disap- 

 proval. 



I have always regretted that the manners of this Vireo have been a 

 bar to our better acquaintance, for he is a bird of marked character 

 and with unusual vocal talents. He is a capital mimic, and in the 

 retirement of his home sometimes amuses himself by combining the 

 songs of other birds in an intricate potpourri. 



631a* v. n. maynairdi Brewst. Key West Vibeo. — Scarcely dis- 

 tinguishable in color from the preceding, but averaging somewhat paler and 

 less yellow below, and with a larger bill. L., B-12 ; W., 2-40 ; T., 2-12 ; B. 

 fromN., '85. 



RoMge. — Southern Florida. 



This closely related race of the White-eyed Vireo is a common per- 

 manent resident in southern Florida. 



633> Vireo belli And. Bell's Vireo. Ad. — Crown ashy gray, 

 changing to olive-green on the rump; greater and middle wing-coverts nar- 

 rowly tipped with while ; lores and eye-ring whitish ; under parts white, 

 breast and sides washed with greenish yellow. L., 4-75; W., 2'20; T., 1'80; 

 B. from N., -28. 



