146 THE WHITE-EYED VIREO. 



branch on which it hung; here and there were also a few of the white paper- 

 like capsules of the spider's nest, and it was lined with fine blades of grass 

 and slender root fibres. The situation, as usual, was open, but shady." 



Solitary Flycatcher, Muscicapa solitaria, Wils. Araer. Orn., vol. ii. p. 143. 

 Vireo solitarius, Bonap. Syn., p. 79. 



Solitary Vireo or Flycatcher, Vireo solitarius, Nutt. Man., vol. ii. p. 305. 

 Solitary Flycatcher or Vireo, Vireo solitarius, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. i. p. 147; vol. 

 v. p. 432. 



Upper parts light olive-green, head greyish-blue; lower white, the sides 

 greenish-yellow; eyelids and a band of white from the bill over the eye; a 

 dusky spot before the eye; quills and coverts brownish-black; two bands of 

 white on the wing, formed by the tips of the secondary coverts and first row 

 of small coverts; primaries narrowly edged with yellowish-green, seconda- 

 ries broadly with white; tail-feathers brownish-black, the outer edged with 

 white; head and sides of neck inclining to greyish-blue. 



Male, 5^, S\. 



From Texas to Nova Scotia, rather abundant. Rare in the interior. 

 Columbia river. Migratory. 



The American Cane. 



Miegia macrosperma, Pursh, Fl. Amer., vol. i. p. 59.— Arundinaria macrosperma, 

 Mich., Fl. Amer., vol. i. p. 74.— Triandria Monogynia, Linn.— Gramineje, Juss. 



THE WHITE-EYED VIREO, OR GREENLET. 



-tVireo noveboracensis, Gmel. 



PLATE CCXL.— Male. 



This interesting little bird enters the State of Louisiana often as early as 

 the 1st of March. Indeed, some individuals may now and then be seen a 

 week or ten days sooner, provided the weather be mild. It throws itself 

 into the thickest part of the briars, sumachs, and small evergreen bushes, 



