. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 306 INSECTIVOROUS UIRDS. and lined with the hair of wild animals. The cgg», 4 or 5, are white, tinged with llesh-color, with brownish red spots at the larj^cr end. It possesnes iHl the unsuspicious habits of the genus, allowinsj a near approach without niarni, and is at no period known to i) any song. It seldom rises be- yond the tops of the canes or low bushes, amidst wliich it is commonly seen hopping in quest of its subsistence, which consists of insects and berries. Its flight is gen- erall
. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 306 INSECTIVOROUS UIRDS. and lined with the hair of wild animals. The cgg», 4 or 5, are white, tinged with llesh-color, with brownish red spots at the larj^cr end. It possesnes iHl the unsuspicious habits of the genus, allowinsj a near approach without niarni, and is at no period known to i) any song. It seldom rises be- yond the tops of the canes or low bushes, amidst wliich it is commonly seen hopping in quest of its subsistence, which consists of insects and berries. Its flight is gen- erally tremulous and agitated. This uncommon species is .'"> inches long, and 8 in alar extent. ThecheckH, upper part of tliP li.'nd, and neck, <lnrk bluish-grey; hroust, pale cinereous, inclining to on tlic throat; flank* and sides of the breast yellow ; back and tail-covtrls dusky-olive ; the wings dusky-brown, with 2 white bands; primaries and tail- feathers bordered with light green ; tail enuirginiite, nearly black ; a line of white from the nostrils to the eye, which it .ilso encircles. Belly and vent while. Bill very short, and nearly as broad as in the true Flycatchers. Upper mandible black ; lower pale blu- ish-grey ; legs and feet, bluish-grey. Irids haze). — Female with the head dusky-olive, and the throat WHITE-EYED VIREO, or FLYCATCHER. {Vireo noveboraccnsia, Bonap. Audubon, pi. f>3. Ornith. Biog. i. p. 328. Muscicapa rant'ilrii, , ii. p. 106. pi. 18. fig. C. Phil. Museum, No. 0778.) Sp. Chabact. —Yellow-olive; btneat . white, sides yellow; line round the eye, and spot near the nostrils yellow ; wings with 2 pale yellow bands, and with the tail blackish ; irids white. This interesting little bird appears to be a constant resident within the limits of the United States ; as, on the 12th of January, I saw them in great numbers near Charleston, S. C. feeding on the wax-myrtle berries, in company with the Yellow-Rumped Sylv
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