. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. 418 NESTS AND EGGS OF my cabinet, from Banning, San Gorgonla Pass, California, do not differ at all from those of the Loggerhead and "White-rumped Shrikes. They exhibit the same varia>- tions in size and coloration. [623.] BLACK-WHISKERED VIKEO. Vireo calidris larhatulus (Cab.) Geog. Dist.—Cuba, Bahamas, and casually to Southern Florida. This bird, which is common to Cuba and the Bahamas, Is entitled to a place in our avifauna on account of its occasional occurrence in Southern Florida; it has several times been taken in the regio
. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. 418 NESTS AND EGGS OF my cabinet, from Banning, San Gorgonla Pass, California, do not differ at all from those of the Loggerhead and "White-rumped Shrikes. They exhibit the same varia>- tions in size and coloration. [623.] BLACK-WHISKERED VIKEO. Vireo calidris larhatulus (Cab.) Geog. Dist.—Cuba, Bahamas, and casually to Southern Florida. This bird, which is common to Cuba and the Bahamas, Is entitled to a place in our avifauna on account of its occasional occurrence in Southern Florida; it has several times been taken in the region of Charlotte Harbor. From the supposed re- semblance of its notes, it is called Whip-tom-kelly. The bird looks very much like the Red-eyed Vireo, but has a longer bill and other characteristics which distinguish It. Like other Vireos, the Long-billed Greenlet builds a beautiful, pensile, cup-like nest, which is attached by the brim and suspended from forked twigs in trees and bushes, ranging in height from five to twenty feet. The materials used in Its con- struction are dry grasses, shreds of bark, cotton, lichens, and spider's web; the lining being soft cotton-like fibres. The walls of the structure are not only very thick, but neatly and firmly interwoven. The eggs are three or four in number, white, with a pinkish hue, speckled and spotted, chiefly at the larger end, with reddish- brown. The average size is . inches. 624. RED-EYED VIREO. Tireo olimceus (Linn.) Geog. Dist.—Eastern North America, as far north as Hudson Bay, etc.; west to the Rocky Mountain region; south in winter through Eastern Mexico and Central America to Northern South America. The Red-eyed Greenlet is a common species in Eastern United States, where it breeds abundantly in the months of May and June. It frequents woodland and is especially fond of sycamore groves along streams. A tireless, joyful songster, sing- ing throughout the day nearly all summer long. Its voice is often the only sound
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