. The land-birds and game-birds of New England; with descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes, with illustrations;. Birds. 162 LAND-BIRDS. where than in an elm, poplar, or buttonwood tree. It is always pensile, but Audubon speaks of one fastened to the trunk of a tree, in which situation I have never found it, so far as I remember. The eggs of the Warbling Vireo are white, with a few " reddish black " or brown spots at the larger end, and average about .77x -58 of an inch. A set of four or five is laid near Boston in the first week of June. c. The Warbl
. The land-birds and game-birds of New England; with descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes, with illustrations;. Birds. 162 LAND-BIRDS. where than in an elm, poplar, or buttonwood tree. It is always pensile, but Audubon speaks of one fastened to the trunk of a tree, in which situation I have never found it, so far as I remember. The eggs of the Warbling Vireo are white, with a few " reddish black " or brown spots at the larger end, and average about .77x -58 of an inch. A set of four or five is laid near Boston in the first week of June. c. The Warbling Vireos reach eastern Massachusetts in the second week of May, and leave it in the same week of September. They are common in many parts of our State, and I have seen them in northern New Hampshire; but in some localities they are very rare. Though they do not, I think, show quite so much fa- miliarity towards man (at least here), as some authors have represented, yet they are cer- tainly to be found, to some extent, in cities, towns, villages, and thickly populated neighborhoods — for instance, among the elms of Boston Com- mon. Though occasionally seen in the haunts of the YeUow- throated Vireos (-B), they seem to be particularly fond of rows of, or solitary, elms, poplars, and basswood trees — particu- larly those beside roads or near houses. They usually remain among the higher branches as they search for insects; and, on account of their size and quiet colors, they might easily be overlooked, were it not for their music. d. Their ordinary notes are like those of the Red-eyed Vireos, but less loud and querulous. Their song is exquisitely sweet, and, though quite distinct, recalls vividly that of the Purple Finch (§ 15, III). Dr. Coues, in speaking of the War- bling Vireo, says that " its voice is not strong, and many birds excel it in brilliancy of execution; but not one of them all can rival the tenderness and softness of the liquid strains of. Fig. 6. Warblin
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