RED-EYED VIREO 



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under side of a leaf has to be vigorously thumped 

 against a twig and killed before it is swallowed, 

 but none of this business interrupts the sermon 



RED-EYED VIREO 

 Length 6 inches 



— or is he really pronouncing a cheerful grace 

 upon his meat? 



The Eed-eyed Vireo is one of the last birds 

 to be silenced by the advance of summer, and 



