The Hutton Vireo 
the notes a certain edge, or timbre, 
which proclaims the bird’s affinities. 
Hutton’s Vireo is leisurely, al¬ 
most sluggish, in all his movements. 
He never hurries. Why should he? 
He is at home. It is California, to 
be sure; but it has always been Cali¬ 
fornia. The sun shines. Tomorrow 
will be like today. Or maybe it will 
rain. No matter. Chu weem - 
chu weem. Besides, it is not neces¬ 
sary to get excited over a bug-hunt. 
What’s one bug more or less? It’s 
all in the day’s work. Chu weem. 
In winter the Hutton Vireo 
associates tolerantly with our lesser 
guests,—Dusky Warblers, or perhaps 
a Townsend in the South, Chicka¬ 
dees in the North, and Kinglets 
everywhere. When moving about 
silently, it bears a striking resem¬ 
blance to the Ruby-crowned Kinglet. 
It is, of course, slightly larger and 
much more deliberate, lacking espe¬ 
cially the Aving-flirt of the little king. 
The region about the eye is more 
broadly whitish, and the wing-bars 
concede a difference, upon inspec¬ 
tion, but the resemblance is so 
close as altogether to deceive the 
unwary. 
As spring approaches, the bird 
separates itself from its late companions and begins to explore the budding 
alders or sycamores. As the season advances the bird plants itself in some 
thicket and complains by the hour in strange, monotonous, unvireonine 
notes. The songs vary endlessly in different individuals, but have this 
in common, that they are a deliberate, unvarying succession of double 
notes, usually, but not always, of a slightly nasal character. Chu-weem 
- chu-weem - chu-weem - - ad lib., is the common type; Pu-cheean 
- pu-cheean - pucheean , is a French variation; Poo-eep 1 - 
poo-eep' and jiiree 1 - jiiree 1 - jiiree', are types lacking the nasal quality. 
On several occasions I have heard the notes pronounced quite rapidly, 
Taken in Santa Barbara Photo by the Author 
“LOOKS HIM EARNESTLY IN THE EYE" 
MALE HUTTON VIREO NEAR NEST 
