The Gray Vireo 
Taken in San Bernardino County 
Photo by Pierce 
GRAY VIREO AND NEST 
'host tree” is the homely sage, Artemisia tridenlala 
minor associa- 
tion, of the chap¬ 
arral major asso¬ 
ciation, of the 
San Diegan 
faunal division, 
of the Upper So¬ 
noran zone. 
That is to say, 
the Gray Vireo 
keeps pretty 
close to the 
chamise 
lower 
slopes 
on the 
middle 
of on r 
southern mountains. It is, therefore, a “dry forager,” and its habits 
contrast sharply with those of our other vireos, which we natural¬ 
ly associate with purling brooks and bosky dells. But so devoted is the 
Gray Vireo to his prosaic haunts that he rarely appears above the chap- 
A VOICE, a 
flitting shape, an 
association, and 
an attachment: 
these be the brief 
annals of the 
Gray Vireo. To 
speak of the asso¬ 
ciation first, and 
in the words of 
Grinnell and 
Swarthri “The 
distribution of 
Vireo vicinior is 
capable of more 
exact definition 
than is usually 
the case with 
birds. It is, 
namely: The 
Adenosto m a 
An account of the Birds and Mammals of the San Jacinto Area of Southern California: U. of C. Press, Oct. 31 
1913, P- 291. 
584 
