. Birds of Michigan. Birds. 108 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF MICHIGAN. 264-()24-(170). Vireo olivaceus {Linn.). *Red-eyed Vireo; Red-eyed Greenlet One of our most common birds; throughout the state; frequents parks and wood- lands; April to September; included in Cabot's list of Birds of Lake Superior; '-Macki- nac Island" (S. E. White); finds this species very common at Iron Mountain; " Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); breeds; often double brooded; nests in June on the horizontal branches of trees, usually in woodlands, occasionally in orchards; the nest is very beautiful; &
. Birds of Michigan. Birds. 108 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF MICHIGAN. 264-()24-(170). Vireo olivaceus {Linn.). *Red-eyed Vireo; Red-eyed Greenlet One of our most common birds; throughout the state; frequents parks and wood- lands; April to September; included in Cabot's list of Birds of Lake Superior; '-Macki- nac Island" (S. E. White); finds this species very common at Iron Mountain; " Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); breeds; often double brooded; nests in June on the horizontal branches of trees, usually in woodlands, occasionally in orchards; the nest is very beautiful; "nests in Traverse City" (L. W. Watkins); nests suspended, below limb, not hanging like those of Orioles; eggs three to four, rarely five, white, •spotted with blackish Brotherly Love Vireo, natural size. 2(J.'>-62<»-(173). Vireo philadelphicus (Cass.). * Philadelphia Vireo; Broth- erly-love Vireo; Brotherly-love Greenlet. Rare; migrant; taken at the college Sept. 11, 1889; "rare in Kalamazoo County" (Dr. M. Gibbs); Dr. M. Gibbs writes me that he has taken it in Kalamazoo and Ottawa Counties; " quite common fall migrant at Mackinac Island, have taken several in Kent County" (S. E. White); we find it not uncommon here this May, 1893; Forbes found (report Michigan State Horticultural Society, 1881, p. 204) that 35 per cent of food consisted of canker Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916; Michigan. State college of agriculture and applied science, Lansing. Dept. of zoology and physiology. [Lansing, Mich. , R. Smith & co. , state printers and binders
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