NAME- 



White-Eyed Vireo 

 (Vireo griseus) 



DATE- May 12, 1933 



52 



A.Q.U.NO.- 631 



NO.- 



INCUBATION - Fresh 



0.7^ x oAl 0.75 x 0.41 



SIZES- 0#7 5 x o.42 



SITUATION - I had found this nest about a 

 week "before in a small holly bush about 2' off 

 the ground in an old field about 25 yards fro 

 the edge of a wood. At that time it had one - 

 egg so I decided to return later for a full 

 clutch. Fortunately, the female was on the 

 nest and by being very cautious and slow, I 

 was able to get a good look at her before she 

 flushed. To my delight there were two more 



The nest was a real work of art 

 and was hanging from a horizontal fork on one 

 of the lower limbs of the small American Holly 

 It was constructed of grass, bark strips, a 

 few pieces of small soft wood and one or two 

 dried leaves; and it all seemed to be held 

 together with spider silk and soft downy plant 

 material. It was more like a conical oriole's 

 nest, being longer than the Red-eyed Vireo 's 

 nest . This nest was lined with fine weed and 

 grass stems with a few dark hairs. 



The three white eggs were fresh, 

 oval, without gloss and were lightly spotted 

 with only a few dots of black and brown around 

 the larger end. 



The dimensions of the nest were 



as follows: 



Outside Diam.: 3" Inside Diam. : 2| M 



Height : 3i« Depth : 2" 



Hood's Pasture, near Big Stone Gap, Va 



