LAND BIRDS. yes) 
north to southern New Mngliand and Minnesota; south in winter from 
Florida to Guatemala and Honduras. Breeds from Vlorida and the Gulf 
States northward. 
This active and noisy little bird is almost unknown in Michigan, being 
restricted to the southernmost counties and found there so seldom as to 
be little more than accidental. It has been frequently confused with the 
Yellow-throated and Blue-headed Vireos, and to this fact we must attribute 
several of the records in the older lists. For example, it oceurs in Knee- 
land's list of the birds of Keweenaw Point, Lake Superior (1856), and also 
in Miles’ list of 1860, and two of our correspondents in the Upper Peninsula 
mention it as a common nesting species. Probably the bird referred to 
in all these cases was cither the Yellow-throated or the Blue-headed Vireo, 
most likely the latter, since that has a distinct white cye-ring and might 
naturally be mistaken for the White-cye. 
Wo are not aware of the existence of a Michigan specimen of this bird 
inany collection, but it has been recorded a few times on such good authority 
that it cannot be refused a place in the list. Jerome Trombley noted it 
at Petersburg, Monroe county on May 10, 11, and 12, 1885. He did not 
find it at any other time and thinks it possible that these records all relate 
to the same individual bird. Mr. Covert in his manuscript list of 1894-95 
states that it was not uncommon in the neighborhood of Ann Arbor from 
1868 to 1873, but that he obtained no specimens after 1876, and the only 
record since that time is by Mr. N. A. Wood, who recorded it as seen at 
Ann Arbor in May 1881. It has not been found in the neighborhood of 
Detroit nor has Dr. Gibbs found it in Kalamazoo county. Dr. Gibbs, 
however, states that D. D. Hughes, in his manuscript Ornithology of Mich- 
igan, states that he once found a nest of this bird containing one of its 
own cegs and three of the Cowbird’s, but he gives no locality or date. 
The White-eyed Vireo loves thickets and swampy briar patches, and 
is seldom found in places which would be favorable for any of our other 
- species. Places suitable for the Yellow-breasted Chat would be likely 
to harbor this species and indeed the two birds are not unfrequently found 
within hearing of each other. 
The song is decidedly unlike that of any of the other vireos of our ac- 
quaintance, more nearly resembling that of the Alder Flycatcher. Its 
ordinary eall-note resembles the words “chickty-beaver,” and Ridgway 
says that it is popularly known by this name or as the “ Little Green Hang- 
bird” in Illinois, and he has also heard its call interpreted by boys as 
“ oinger-beer-quick.”’ 
The nest is commonly placed in the fork of a twig in some dense thicket 
or at the edge of a clearing, and is similar to that of the other vireos, being 
often ornamented externally with spiders’ webs, mosses and similar 
materials. The eggs are four or five, pure white, thinly dotted with brown, 
purplish or black. They average .75 by .55 inches. 
This is another of the species which was seen to feed its young on locusts 
in Nebraska, as recorded by Prof. Aughey. Its usual food consists entirely 
of insects, but it also eats berries and seeds sparingly. 
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION. 
Bill slightly hooked at tip; rictal bristles evident; spurious primary present; two white 
wing-bars. 
Adult (sexes alike): Upper parts olive-green, ‘brightest on forehead, rump and upper 
tail-coverts, grayer (olive-gray) on nape and hind neck; a dusky spot on the lores, above 
