. Handbook of birds of eastern North America : with keys to the species and descriptions of their plumages, nests and eggs, their distribution and migration ... Birds. 328 Fig. 91.—Bed-eyed Vireo. (Natural size.) to twenty feet up. Eggs, three to four, white, with a pinkish hue, speckled and spotted, chiefly at the larger end, with reddish brown, -TS x -SS. This is a not uncommon summer resident in southern Florida, ar- riving from its winter home in Central America early in May. Its song resembles that of the Red-eyed Vireo, but is somewhat more hesi- tating and emphatic. 624> Vir
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America : with keys to the species and descriptions of their plumages, nests and eggs, their distribution and migration ... Birds. 328 Fig. 91.—Bed-eyed Vireo. (Natural size.) to twenty feet up. Eggs, three to four, white, with a pinkish hue, speckled and spotted, chiefly at the larger end, with reddish brown, -TS x -SS. This is a not uncommon summer resident in southern Florida, ar- riving from its winter home in Central America early in May. Its song resembles that of the Red-eyed Vireo, but is somewhat more hesi- tating and emphatic. 624> Vireo olivaceus {Idnn.). Eed-eyed Vireo. Ad. — Crown slaty gray, bordered on either side by blackish ; a conspicuous white line over the eye; rest of the upper parts, wings, and tail light olive-green; no wing- bars ; under parts pure white. L., 6-23; W., 3-20; T., 2-20; B. from N., -40. Hemarks.—The well-defined slaty- gray cap, bordered by narrow black lines, are the best distinguishing marks of this species. Bange.—Eastern North America; westward to British Columbia; breeds from the Gulf States to Labrador and Manitoba; winters in Central and South America. Washington, very common S. E., Apl. 25 to Oct. 15. Sing Sing, common S. K., Apl. 29 to Oct. 19. Cambridge, abundant S. K., May 10 to Sept. 10. Nest, pensile, of strips of bark, bits of dead wood, paper, and plant down, firmly and smoothly interwoven, lined with finer strips of bark and vine ten- drils, suspended from a forked branch, five to forty feet up. Eggs, three to four, white, with a few black or umber specks or spots about the larger end, •85 X -55. This, the most common and generally distributed of our Vireos, is found alike in the shade trees of our lawns, in orchards, or woodlands. The conspicuous white line over the eye, with its black border, and the bird's red eye, are good by which to distinguish it from its relatives. Wilson Plagg's description of the Red-eye to my mind exactly re- flect
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