spots.

The Mountain Solitary Vireo (_L. s. alticola_) has a slightly larger
bill and bluer back. It nests in the mountains from Maryland to Georgia
and winters southward to Florida.

WHITE-EYED VIREO

_Vireo griseus griseus. Case 6, Fig. 67_

White or yellowish white eyes; whitish underparts,
washed with yellow on the sides. L. 5-1/4.

_Range._ Nests from Florida and Texas to Wisconsin
and Massachusetts; winters from South Carolina to
the tropics.

Washington, common S.R., Apl. 18-Oct. 19.
Ossining, common S.R., Apl. 29-Oct. 3. Cambridge,
rare S.R., May 8-Sept. 20; formerly common. Glen
Ellyn, rare, spring only, May 24-June 5.

An inhabitant of bushy undergrowths whose snappy calls possess almost
the character of human speech, so clearly and emphatically are the
syllables enunciated. One's presence seems to excite both his curiosity
and his disapproval, for he looks one over from this side and that all
the while giving expression to remarks which sound far from
complimentary. The nest is hung from a crotch, rarely more than 6 feet
from the ground. The eggs laid in April, in the South, in May in the
North, are white with a few blackish spots.

The Key West Vireo (_V. g. maynardi_) has a longer bill and is somewhat
paler below than the White-eye. It is resident in southern Florida and
the Keys.

BELL'S VIREO

_Vireo belli belli. Case 6, Fig. 65_

Smallest of our Vireos; crown ashy, lores and
eye-ring whitish. L. 4-3/4.

_Range._ Mississippi Valley; nests from Texas to
northwestern Indiana and South Dakota; winters in
the tropics.

Resembles the White-eye in habits, notes, and choice of haunts, but,
according to Goss, its notes are not so harsh and emphatic.

WOOD WARBLERS. FAMILY MNIOTILTIDAE

BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER

_Mniotilta varia. Case 6, Fig. 57_

The female is less conspicuously striped than the
male, but both are quite unlike any of our other
birds. L. 5-1/4.

_Range._ Nests from Georgia and Louisiana to
Canada; winters from Florida southward.

Washington, abundant T.V., less common S.R., Apl.
8-Oct. 18. Ossining, common S.R., Apl. 18-Oct. 1.
Cambridge, very common S.R., Apl. 25-Sept. 5. N.
Ohio, common T.V., a few S.R., Apl. 22-Sept. 26.