The Oologist. 



Vol. XXIV. No. 2. 



Albion, N. Y., Feb., 1907. 



Whole No. 235 



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White-eyed Vireo. 



The White-eyed Vireo is a very 

 common resident throughout the east- 

 ern portion of Virginia. They arrive 

 early in April, and when the breeding 

 season starts about the first of May. 



as many as a dozen pairs may be 

 found in a small swamp; and often 

 the nesting sites are only a few feet 

 apart. 



During the last summer I visited a 

 small swamp about a mile in length 

 near the center of Chesterfield coun- 

 ty. Thi& gave me a good opportunity 

 to study the habits of the White-eyed 

 Vireo and also, to improve my collec- 

 tion by adding several sets which I 

 had heretofore lacked. 



The first set I obtained 1 May 3, con- 

 tained four perfectly fresh eggs. Tnis 

 was the earliest set I record taken in 

 Virginia. The nest was placed in 

 the fork of a twig of a holly-bush 8 

 inches above the ground, and almost 

 overhanging a small stream. The 

 eggs of this set were much smaller 

 than the average and were rather 

 heavily splotched about the larger 

 end. On May 11, I took another set 

 of four eggs of the average size, and 

 evenly speckled all over. The nest 

 was one of the mdSt artistically con- 

 structed I ever saw, also being placed 

 in a forked twig about 15 inches above 

 the ground. The incubation had just 

 begun. Three days later I discovered 

 a third nest suspended from a twig 

 of a small bush two feet from ground. 

 This was in full view of any one pass- 

 ing and only a few feet away from a 

 railroad. It contained four nearly in- 

 cubated eggs, winch were rather light- 

 ly marked. 



On May 22. 1 took a fourth set con- 

 taining four apparently fresh eggs 

 in the same vicinity I got the first set. 

 This was also suspended in a holly 

 busli. but nearly three feet above the 



