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This is a .western ally of the Solitary Vireo, and has been recorded once 



as an accidental. visitor at Peterboro, New York. It is larger and is rnore 



Plumbeous Vireo. ^^^'^^^ S^^Y above, including , the rump ; the sides and 



Vireo soiitarius piumbeus flanlcs are also morc leaden, with little if any suffusion of 



yellowish or olive. 



The Yellow-throated Vireo is the most brightly colored of the Vireos of 



Eastern North America. It is a robustly built, rather heavy bird, about five 



Yellow-throated '"^'^^^ ^""^ a. half, long. Its bright yellow throat and 



Vireo. breast and a distinct yellow ring about the eye serve to 



Vireo flavifrons vieiu. identify it. The upper parts are clear olive green shading 



into grayish on the rump. There are two white wing bars. 



It builds a hanging nest of plant fibres, more or less covered on the out- 

 side with bits of lichen. This structure is suspended from a forked branch, 

 generally more than twenty feet from the ground. The eggs are similar in 

 color and markings to those of the Solitary Vireo. and vary from three to 

 fpur in number. They are about four fifths of an inch long, and nearly three 

 fifths of an inch wide. 



The birds are found throughout Eastern North America, north to 

 Ontario and Manitoba, and breed rather locally from Florida north through 

 this. territory. They winter in Central America and the Tropics. 



This Vireo is a^ fine song bird and one of distinguished appearance. It 

 frequents the higher branches of trees, in cultivated grounds about houses, as 

 well as in the deeper woods. 



This small Vireo, four inches and three quarters in length, is grayish 



olive green above, more markedly gray on the top of the head. It ' has a 



whitish stripe above the eye and the entire Lower parts are 



Philadelphia Vireo. p^iig sulphur yellow, most intense on the breast. The sexes 



Vireo philadelphicus (Cass.). ' ,, i- i i • 11 



are alike, an,d the yellow of the lower parts is more marked 

 in individuals observed, in the autumn. The nest is much like that of the Red- 

 eyed Vireo and the eggs similar in color. and markings. 



The birds are found, during their migrations, throughout Eastern' North 

 America as far north as Hudson's Bay. They breed from Northern New 

 England northward. rThey winter in Gentral Ainerica. Though; common 

 where they breed, they appear to be rare during the migrations, and seldom 



