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Warbling Vireo.
627 Vireo garrulus.
1894. Shot one July 30, in Strawberry Valley
Ident.-C. K. except, white eye-ring
instead of superciliary line and also at
least one white wing bar. # 1465th
July 31. found a nest 2.2 ft. up in an
oak. Suspended from twigs like V.
bellii pusillus but not so symmetrical,
compact and neat. Fine grass fibres and
a little wooly substance diam.outside
4 x 3, inside 2.60 depth outside 3.00
inside 1.75 inches. Contained 2 ygs. One
dropped to the ground; old bird flew close
to it and by passing from bush to bush
led the young away from me. The fledg.
is description of ? taken at the time:
"White below, sides with yellow eye-
ring white. above olive ye wings
barred".