_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.