THE RED -EYED VIREO 
i By T. GILBERT PEARSON 
The National Association of Audubon Societies 
I Educational Leaflet No. 99 
I 
i Any boy or girl in the eastern United States who begins to study wild 
birds, will probably not proceed very far before learning to know the 
I Red-eyed Vireo. To be sure, it is one of our small birds, measuring only 
I about six and one-quarter inches in length, and this fact together with 
j its rather dull greenish coat and whitish underparts, renders it of un- 
striking appearance, yet it is very well known. And why ? Chiefly be- 
cause it sings so much. It announces its arrival in Spring with such loud 
RED-EYED VIREO ON NEST 
Photograph by Dr. Frank M. Chapman 
notes that many mistake its calls for those of the Robin. For three full 
months and more it is with us, and every day, from long before sunrise 
until evening its simple songs are repeated over and over again. No 
other bird of our land retains its energy and enthusiasm for song as does 
the Red-eyed Vireo. Neither the anxieties of the nesting season nor the 
irritations of the molting days appear in the least to affect its behavior 
in this regard. 
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