. Bird guide . to the Pacific in the I. S. KED-EYED VIREO. 624. Vireosylva olivacea. 6 inches. Crown slaty gray with a black border; white stripeabove eye; eye reddish brown. Throughout the United States this is one of the mostalnuidant of the family. All through the spring andsummer months their warble is heard from woodlandand roadside, often becoming so monotonoiis as to beirritating. Oftentimes during the spring migrations ofWarblers, Vireos are so numerous and singing so lustilythat it is impossible to hear or distinguish the songsof any of the smaller birds. Song.—Delivered in parts with
. Bird guide . to the Pacific in the I. S. KED-EYED VIREO. 624. Vireosylva olivacea. 6 inches. Crown slaty gray with a black border; white stripeabove eye; eye reddish brown. Throughout the United States this is one of the mostalnuidant of the family. All through the spring andsummer months their warble is heard from woodlandand roadside, often becoming so monotonoiis as to beirritating. Oftentimes during the spring migrations ofWarblers, Vireos are so numerous and singing so lustilythat it is impossible to hear or distinguish the songsof any of the smaller birds. Song.—Delivered in parts with intermission of a fewseconds between, from morning until night; a shortvaried warble; call, a petulant mew. Nest.—A basket woven of strips of bark and fibres,and often with pieces of newspaper worked in, linedwith fine grass; eggs white with a few blackish-brownspecks on the large end (.85 x .55). Range.—U. S. east of the Rockies, breeding fromthe Gulf to Labrador and Manitoba; winters in
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