Nest of 
Solitary 
Vire o in 
apple-tree 
near barn 
Nest of 
Yellow - 
throated 
Vireos 
held her firmly by the feathers of the occiput, with his bill. 
Every now and then he would shake her violently, when she 
would flutter her wings. Once, when he did this, the two 
birds rolled completely over without separating. Even when 
at length she freed herself and flew off to a telegraph 
wire, he pursued her madly and attempted to again unite with 
her, his passion evidently not sated. Altogether it was a 
most surprising exhibition for a pair of birds . 
A line of tall oaks with undergrowth beneath them 
ascends the hillside on the north of our farm orchard 
ending, a little below the barn, in a cluster of wild apple 
trees. As the men were spraying one of these this morning, 
^ noticed a pair of Solitary Vireos flitting about, keeping 
just beyond the cloud of poison-laden mist, whining in low, 
querulous tones as they are given to doing when disturbed. 
After the men had moved on, my eye was caught by a Vireo’s 
nest suspended in one of the appie trees just mentioned at 
a height of about 9 or 10 feet above the ground. On it a 
Solitary Vireo was sitting quietly. I ’went to the house 
for my nest-examining mirror. When I returned, the Vireos 
were gone. The nest ^rov^ed to be empty but neatly finished 
inside. No doubt the Jays have taught this pair of birds 
that their eggs are not safe in remote woods such as they 
love best. 
Saw a pair of Yellow-throated Vireos at a nest in 
the elm behind our wood-shed where they had one last year. 
