. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . )ia: north to the Arctic regions; south in winter from Florida tonorthern South .\mcrica. Breeds nearly throughout its North .\merican range. Range in Ohio.—.Abundant summer rL-sident, universally distributed. ONE cannot l)e sure wliether it was the birds color, or good cheer, orcharacteristic note, which led \ieillot in 1807 to select for this grcmp the nameVireo, a Latin word meaning, I am green, or flourishing. The plumage of(his modest Greenlct boasts <inly enough green to
. The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state . )ia: north to the Arctic regions; south in winter from Florida tonorthern South .\mcrica. Breeds nearly throughout its North .\merican range. Range in Ohio.—.Abundant summer rL-sident, universally distributed. ONE cannot l)e sure wliether it was the birds color, or good cheer, orcharacteristic note, which led \ieillot in 1807 to select for this grcmp the nameVireo, a Latin word meaning, I am green, or flourishing. The plumage of(his modest Greenlct boasts <inly enough green to enable its owner to lose THE RED-EYED VIREO itself easily inthe foliage ofthe upperbranches; butthe \- () i c e o fgood cheer,Jirco - zircc -Zircoo. fre-quently repeat-ed, is enough,not nnh to res-cue the bir ,from oblivion,but to immor-talize it. The Red-eyedoes occasion-ally make itselfheard in isolat-ed pasture elmsa n d a m o n gthe shade-treesof the city, buti t s n o r m a 1range is in thedeeper woodsand it movesin a leisurelymanner fromb; o ugh to bough, examin-ing criticallyeach leaf and. no YOU HKAR HE? Photo by tlu- .-iuthoDO YOU BELIEVE IT? bud. or makmg httle sallies after insect prey. Its soliloquizing notes are oftenuttered-ahvays m single phrases of from t^yo to four syllables each-^yhilehe bu-d ,s busily hunting, and serve to mark an overfloNv of good spirits ratherthan a studied attempt at song. There is about them also an interrogativecharacter which Wilson Flagg has paraphrased, ^,,u see it-^-ou know it-do you hear me?-do you believe it? The Preacher not infrequently en-forces his homihes by hopping dnwu slowly the tree-tops and bringingthe truth home to his hearers. The binrs inquisitiveness is often his s^lya- 296 THE RED-EYED VIREO. tinrr, for those which linger at greater heights are often indistinguishable fromWarblers of unknown rarity, and their occasional diffidence is much deploredby those who shoot in haste and repent at leisure.
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