The Hutton Vireo 
pe-eg', pe-eg', pe-eg', pe-eg ', pe-eg ', ad infinitum. Occasionally the first 
syllable is accented; as, (pe)chee-oo or chee-oo, chee-oo. A bird in San Roqui 
Canyon gave us from 63 to 66 peegs per minute under repeated tests, 
whereupon Son William suggested that he ought to be called the Clock- 
bird. When disturbed, this bird dropped his pitch and brought out a 
full, rich ka zum, for a dozen times or so—after which he fell silent. 
Before he has found a mate huttoni roams about with some degree of 
restlessness, shifting his bur¬ 
den of song from place to 
place with a view to effect, 
and uttering now and then 
coaxing little requests which 
are certainly meant to win 
the heart of the lady in hid¬ 
ing. This squeaking note is 
sometimes raised to the dig¬ 
nity of song, at which times 
it is not unlike the whining 
of a dog, a most extraordi¬ 
nary sound to come from so 
tiny a throat. And if one 
mentions a chirp, or chuck, 
like that of a Red-wing Black¬ 
bird on a small scale, we have 
most of the representative ef¬ 
forts of this eccentric genius. 
The female also has her 
perturbations. According to 
Miss Jennie V. Getty, 1 “The 
female is exceedingly sensi¬ 
tive. Her peevish ank ank 
ank from the thickets may 
mean one of several things; 
namely, she may be hunting 
a home-site, building, incu- T he lady is quite sure she will get the bug 
bating, or feeding young in 
the trees. She reminds one of an adolescent school-girl, who screams 
upon any and all occasions for the mere pleasure of being actively 
protected. At her cry of alarm the male is almost certain to appear. 
Sometimes he sings to quiet and reassure her. Again he comes almost 
1 Condor, Vol. XIV., p. 75. The report concerns " Vireo huttoni obscurus ” since determined to be synonymous 
with V. huttoni. 
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