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Range (Cuba Bahamas and southern)

Cuba, Bahamas, and southern Florida; southward to Central America in winter.

Nest, pensile, of dry grasses, shreds of bark, cotton, lichens, and spiders' web, lined with soft, cottonlike fibers, suspended from a forked branch, five VIREOS. to twenty feet up. Eggs, three to four, white, with a pinkish hue, speckled and spotted, chiefly at the larger end, with reddish brown, 78 x 55. This is a not uncommon summer resident in southern Florida, arriving from its winter home in Central America early in May. Its song resembles that of the Red-eyed Vireo, but is somewhat more hesitating and emphatic. 624. Vireo olivaceus (Linn.). RED-EYED VIREO. Ad. - Crown slaty gray, bordered on either side by blackish; a conspicuous white line over the eye; rest of the upper parts, wings, and tail light olive-green; no wingbars; under parts pure white. L., 6.23; W., 3-20; T., 2.20; B. from N., 40.

FIG. 91.-Red-eyed Vireo. (Natural size.)