. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. VIIIK( ) — THE VIRE(JS. o87 tlie other from Lynn, Mass., may l>e taken as eliaraeteristic of the species. They are ahiiost exactly hemispherical in shape, their height and diameter being the same, — three inches. They were .suspended from hjw bushes, Iianj^ing from the extreme ends of tlie twigs, among which the nests were fastened by fine impacted masses of , which are very nicely and elaborately
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds -- North America; Ornithology -- North America; Oiseaux -- Amérique du Nord; Ornithologie -- Amérique du Nord. VIIIK( ) — THE VIRE(JS. o87 tlie other from Lynn, Mass., may l>e taken as eliaraeteristic of the species. They are ahiiost exactly hemispherical in shape, their height and diameter being the same, — three inches. They were .suspended from hjw bushes, Iianj^ing from the extreme ends of tlie twigs, among which the nests were fastened by fine impacted masses of , which are very nicely and elaborately interwoven with the lower portions of tlie outer covering of the nest. The latter is comi)osed of a singular medley of various materials, among which may be noticed broken fragments of dry leaves, bits of de- cayed wood and liark, coarse Idades of grass, vari(ais vegetable fibres, lichens, fragments of insects, mosses, straws, stems, etc. These are all wrapped round and firmly bound together with strong hempen fibres of vegetables. AVithin this outer envelope is an inner nest, made of the finer stems of grasses and dry needles of the white pine, firmly interwoven. For the size of the bird, these nests are proportionally larger and deeper than any others of the common kinds. The cavity is two or two and a half inches deep. The eggs are usually live in number. One from (Georgia measures .77 by .55 of an inch, and is of an oldong-oval shape ; another, from ^lassachusetts, is nmcli more broadly ovate, measuring .80 by .02. Their greatest breadth is .05 of an inch, and their length .8(1. Thev have a clear crvstal-white ground, spotted about the larger end with fine dark-purple and reddish-brown dots. This species is one of the most common foster-parents of the Cowbird, the eggs of which are always tenderly cared for, and the offspring nurtured by them, always to the destruction of their own nestlings. Vireo huttoni, Cvssix. HUTTOirS VIBEO. Vireo huttoni, Cassin, Pr. A. X. Si-.
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