. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . %^<# tril and a ring around the eye, clearyellow; wings with bars formed bythe greater and middle wing covertsbeing tipped with yellowish white;wings and tail, fuscous brown, edgedwith olive green; first primary, veryshort, less than an inch long; throatand belly, whitish; breast and sides of body, greenish yellow; iris,whitish. Sexes similar. Length, ; wing, ; tail, 2; bill, .38. The White-eyed Vireo is a very common summer resident insouthern Illinois, but of only casual occurrence in northern Illinois,and a rare summer resident in southern
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin . %^<# tril and a ring around the eye, clearyellow; wings with bars formed bythe greater and middle wing covertsbeing tipped with yellowish white;wings and tail, fuscous brown, edgedwith olive green; first primary, veryshort, less than an inch long; throatand belly, whitish; breast and sides of body, greenish yellow; iris,whitish. Sexes similar. Length, ; wing, ; tail, 2; bill, .38. The White-eyed Vireo is a very common summer resident insouthern Illinois, but of only casual occurrence in northern Illinois,and a rare summer resident in southern Wisconsin. Mr. E. W. Nelson gives it as a rather rare summer resident innortheastern Illinois. Mr. Frank M. Woodruff considers it a rarebird in the Chicago Area and records a specimen taken by T. Gault at Glen Ellyn, May 24, 1898. Prof. Ridgway foundit an abundant species in suitable localities in southern Illinois,and Mr. John F. Ferry found it common in the vicinity of Henry,Marshall Co., Illinois. It has been found breeding at
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