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AMERICAN REDSTART. 



{Setophaga lluticilla,) 



This bird is very small and active; and is an early 

 spring visitor. It comes in company with many other 

 small birds of its kind. Plumage black, with red mix- 

 ^d in stripes or bands on the wings: tail long and wav- 

 ed. It may be seen in the woods early, but it only 

 makes a short stay before going north to its favorite 

 breeding place. Nest and eggs not common. 



RED-EYED YIREO. 



{Vireosylma Olimc^a.) 



This beautiful little bird is very common throughout 

 spring and summer. Its home is chiefly in the woods, 

 where its sweet, clear notes may be heard from morn- 

 ing till night. The tree-tops are its delight, where it 

 hops from limb to limb in search of food, consisting 

 of insects which it catches in great numbers. It is 

 something like the pewee in this respect, darting after 

 jind catching flies on the wing. Its nest is placed in a 

 low tree or bush, composed mostly of flne strips of wild 

 grape-vine bark, neatly matted together forming a cup 

 shape nest, which is wove and hung between two 

 twigs or small boughs, somewhat after the oriole style. 

 Four eggs, white with a few faint spots of brown on 

 the larger end. There is a white-eyed vireo, which is 

 much the same in description and character as this 

 species, except that it is a little larger. Color a rich 

 olive green above and white below, with a red or white 

 eye, according to the kind. 



