. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. VIREDXIDvK — THE VIREOS. o87 the other from Lynn, Mass., iimy he tiikeu as c] of the sixicies. They are ahnost exactly hemispherical in shape, tlieir hei<;lit and diameter being the same, — tiiree indies. They were suspended from low huslu's, hanging from the extreme ends of the twigs, among whicli tiie nests were fastened l)y fine impacted masses of wood-mosses, wiiicli are very nicely and elaborately interwoven witli the lower portions of tlie outer covering of the nest.
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. VIREDXIDvK — THE VIREOS. o87 the other from Lynn, Mass., iimy he tiikeu as c] of the sixicies. They are ahnost exactly hemispherical in shape, tlieir hei<;lit and diameter being the same, — tiiree indies. They were suspended from low huslu's, hanging from the extreme ends of the twigs, among whicli tiie nests were fastened l)y fine impacted masses of wood-mosses, wiiicli are very nicely and elaborately interwoven witli the lower portions of tlie outer covering of the nest. Tlie latter is composed of a singular medley of various materials, among whicli may be noticed broken fragments of dry leaves, bits of de- cayed wood and bark, cijarse blades of grass, various vegetable , lichens, fragments of insects, mosses, straws, stems, etc. These are all round' and tirndy bound together with strong hempen filires of vegetables. AVithin this outer enveloiie is an iinier nest, made of the liner stems of grasses and dry needles of the wliite pine, tirudy interwoven. For the size d' the bird, these nests are projwrtionally larger and dee])er than any others of the conuuon kinds. The cavity is two or two and a half inches deep. The eggs are usually live in nundier. One from (leorgia measures .77 by . of an inch, and is of an oljlong-oval shai)e ; anotlier, from Massachusetts, is nuich more broadly ovate, measuring .80 by .&! Their greatest breadth' is .Go of an inch, and their length .80. They have a clear crystal-white ground, spotted about the larger end with line dark-purple and redilish-brown dots. This species is one of the most common foster-parents of the Cowbird, the eggs of whi-h are always lendcrly cured lor, and the offspring nurtured by them, always to the destruction of their own nestlings. Vireo huttoni, Cassin. BUTTON'S VIHEO. Vireo hutfon!, C.\ssix, Pr. A. N. Sc. Pliila. 1851, (Moiiteivy, Ca\.).^ In. 1832, pi. i
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