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Mountain Solitary Vireo
Resembles the preceding, but is larger, and more gray than green on the back.
Breeding Range--Higher portions of the Alleghanies in North and South Carolina.
The nest is much like that of other vireos, but larger, and having in addition to the usual materials pieces of decayed wood fastened on the outside with spiders' or caterpillars' webs. 3 to 4 eggs are laid; they are white, with fine spots and dots of brown. Size--.80 x .58.