OF VIRGINIA ae. 
about thirty feet from the ground, six feet from the 
trunk, and suspended between a small fork, after the 
manner of vireos’ nests in general. It was composed of 
fine grasses and bark fiber. The female was such a close 
sitter that it was not until I had left it for a week after 
discovery, that I persuaded myself to climb to the 
supposed-empty nest, only to find, to my surprise, however, 
that it had been occupied all the time, as the eggs were 
nearly hatched. The female allowed me to come within 
three feet of her before flushing, and was collected to 
make identification certain. The eggs numbered four, 
white, specked with brown sparingly; more numerous 
toward the larger end. Size, .78x.58. Fresh eggs May 
Ist. Though we located one or two pairs of birds each 
season by their beautiful song, we could not locate further 
nests with eges. Judging by the birds, they are extremely 
rare, though scattered over our entire area. They arrive 
about April Sth, departing from us about September 1st. 
Breeding as they do, so early in the season, and remaining 
in song well into July, leads me to believe they raise two 
broods, though I have no positive record of their doing: so. 
Their food is similar to the other vireos’, though procured 
almost entirely from the higher tree tops. 
[629-C]. Lantwvireo solitarius alticola (Brewster). 
Mountain Vireo. 
Raner.—Breeds in Canadian and Transition zones in 
the Alleghenies from western Maryland to eastern Ten- 
nessee and northern Georgia; winters in lowlands frow 
South Carolina to Florida. 
This subspecies of the Solitary or Blue-headed Vireo 
breeds in our higher mountains. Dr. Rives found it com- 
