In Marsh and Swamp. 



The nesting is much Hke that of the Red-eyed Vireo, and the eggs are 

 hardly to be distinguished from those of that bird. They are three quarters 

 of an inch long and more than half an inch broad. 



These birds are found in Eastern North America north to New Hamp- 

 shire and Minnesota and west to the Rocky Mountains. They breed from 

 Northern Florida and the Gulf States northward, and winter from Florida 

 to Guatemala and Honduras. 



The Key West Vireo is the geographical race and closely related ally of 

 the White-eyed Vireo, found in South Florida. Here these birds are resi- 

 Key West Vireo. dent and do not migrate. 



Vireo noveboracensis may- They arc csscntially like the White-eyed Vireos in their 

 nardiBrewst. habits and general economy. A little shorter than the 



White-eyed Vireo, they are generally g7^ajer or paler in color and less yellow 

 below. The bill is larger and the birds generally ai'e more robust. The 

 color of the eyes is pearl gray in adults and brown in immature birds. 



The Swamp Sparrow is a bird nearly six inches long, whose prevailing 



colors are deep brown above and pale gray below. During the warmer portions 



Swamo Soarrow *^^ ^^^ year the bird has a deep chestnut crown. The 



Meiospiza georgiana forehead is dusky or black. There is a grayish stripe 



(Lath.). above the eye and a black or dusky line behind it. The 



back of the neck is ashy gray, with sometimes a few dusky stripes. The 



reddish brown back is relieved by broad dusky or blackish streaks, each 



feather being bordered with pale buff, often ashy in tone. The throat is 



white, and the breast is grayish, shading into grayish brown on the sides and 



flanks and into white on the belly. In winter the birds are similar, but the 



crown is streaked with black and grayish on its chestnut ground. 



The birds nest on the ground much like the Song Sparrow, and the eggs 

 are very similar to those of that bird, but generally more heavily marked and 

 washed. They are about three quarters of an inch long and rather less than 

 three fifths of an inch broad. 



The birds are seldom found away from thickets in marshes or damp 

 meadows, and where the marshes are covered with "cat-tails " and other tall 

 girasses and reeds they abound. 



These birds are distributed over Eastern North America west to the 



