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Family XLVIII. VIREONID^. Vireos. 

 CCXXIII. VIREO ViELLioT. 1807. 

 ►624. Red-eyed Vireo. 



Vireo.olivaceus (Linn.) Bonap. 1826. 

 One specimen received in Copenhagen from Greenland in 1844. 

 {Arc(. Man.) Very abundant all down the Mo.ose River; not 

 observed further north than Moose Factory. i^Spreadborou^h!) 

 A common summer resident at Halifax, N.S. {Downs.) One 

 individual seen on Sable Island, N. S., on September 30th, and 

 one on October 8th, 1902. {lames Bouteillier.) Many old 

 nests noticed at Sydney, Cape Breton Island. First seen 

 May i8th, 1902. {C.R.Harte.) Observed at Baddeck and Mar- 

 garee, Cape Breton Island, July, 1898 ; in woods. Union Road, 

 Prince Edward Island, July 5th, 1888. {Macoun,) A common 

 and in a few' localities abundant bird, here as elsewhere a tireless 

 songster. It prefers deciduous trees, particularly large maples. 

 {Dwight) Common summer resident in the interior of New 

 Brunswick, but only seen at St. John in the migrations. {Cham- 

 berlain!) Common summer resident at Scotch Lake, York Co., 

 N.B. {W. H. Moore.) Common in Restigouche valley, N.B. 

 {Brittain & Cox.) Taken at Beauport; not rare around Quebec. 

 {Dionfie.) An abundant summer resident around Montreal. 

 Breeds in the city and in Mount Royal park; I have found nests 

 from June 6th to August 13th, and observed them here from 

 May I ith to October 6th. ( Wintle.) 



A common and abundant summer- resident around Ottawa. 

 {Ottawa Natiir.alist, Vol. V.) A common surrimer resident in 

 eastern Ontario. {Rev. C. J. Young!) A very common summer 

 resident in Parry Sound and Muskoka districts of Ontario. (/. H. 

 Fleming!) Abundant everywhere in Algonquin Park, Ont.; a pair 

 nested in a mountain ash near the buildings at Cache Lake; the 

 nest is made chiefly of birch bark. I watched them building, 

 they always stopped work as soon as the sun was well up. It 

 seemed to get too warm for them as the tree was in the open; 

 very abundant all down the Moose River; not observed further 

 north than Moose Factory. {Spreadborough.) Very common 

 summer resident at Guelph, Ont. Arrives about May loth and 

 leaves about September 23rd. {A. B. Klugh.) A common sum- 



