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OUR SOUTHERN BIRDS 



one of the most common and widely distributed 

 of our small insect hunters. He may be known 

 by the olive general coloring that makes him 



difficult to distinguish 

 among the leaves, by 

 the gray cap, and the 

 white line over the 

 eye ; the breast is 

 pearly white. But I 

 never could see that 

 his eyes w r ere redder than those of an ordinary 

 brunette, although they may not be as black as 

 those of a Wood Warbler or a flying squirrel. 



YELLOW-THROATED VIREO 



Length 5% inches 



MOUNTAIN SOLITARY VIREO 



Length 5% inches 



The nest is a tantalizing object to cats and 

 other groundling enemies, being unlike most 

 bird-homes easier to see than to reach. It is a 



