. Bird-lore . N ^fje Rational 2^i&otiation of Hlububon ^ocieticj; EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET NO. 99 Any boy or girl in eastern United States who begins to study wild birdswill probably not proceed very far before to know the Red-eyed be sure, it is one of our small birds, measuring only about 6^ inches inlength, and this fact, together with its rather dull greenish coat and whitishunderparts, renders it of unstriking appearance, yet it is very well why? Chiefly because it sings so much. It announces its arrival in springwith such loud notes that many mistake its calls for
. Bird-lore . N ^fje Rational 2^i&otiation of Hlububon ^ocieticj; EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET NO. 99 Any boy or girl in eastern United States who begins to study wild birdswill probably not proceed very far before to know the Red-eyed be sure, it is one of our small birds, measuring only about 6^ inches inlength, and this fact, together with its rather dull greenish coat and whitishunderparts, renders it of unstriking appearance, yet it is very well why? Chiefly because it sings so much. It announces its arrival in springwith such loud notes that many mistake its calls for those of the Robin. Forthree full months and more it is with us, and every day, from long before sun-rise until evening, its simple songs are repeated over and over again. No otherbird of our land retains its energy and enthusiasm for song as does the Red-eyed Vireo. Neither the anxieties of the nesting season nor the irritations ofthe molting days appear in the least to affect its behavior in this RED-EYED VIRKo oN M>rPhotograph by Dr. Frank. M. Chapman No wonder, therefore, the young bird-student soon makes its as I write these lines, on a hot afternoon late in June, I can hear thenotes of a Vireo coming in through the open window. The bird is out thereamong the trees of a vacant lot, where the small boys have dug their trenchesand are sending forth their volleys of vocal musketry. The savage shouts of (266)
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