(Vireo flavifrons. 628.)
Bright olive-green, shading to ashy-blue on rump; _yellow throat_ and
breast, sharply defined against white belly; line around eye and to the
bill, yellow; two white wing-bars; fine song. *Yellow-bellied Flycatcher.
*Blue-headed Vireo.
80. ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. 8-1/4 in.
(Zamelodia ludoviciana. 595.)
Black, including throat, with white rump and wing-patches; breast white
with a brilliant rose-red blotch; lining of wings also rose-red; _large
beak_; female yellowish-brown, darkly mottled, no red; sluggish;
remarkable song.
81. PURPLE MARTIN. 7-1/2 in.
(Progne subis. 611.)
Blue-black all over; female lighter and streaked with grayish-white
below; often nests in bird houses; twittering song. *Tree Swallow.
*Chimney Swift.
82. YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. 7-1/4 in.
(Icteria virens. 683.)
Olive-green; bright yellow below, belly _white_; region about eye black,
marked with a white line above eye; white spot and shorter line below
eye; the largest warbler; remarkable song. *Dickcissel. *Western
Yellow-Throat. *Yellow-Throated Vireo.
83. BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER. 5-1/4 in.
(Dendroica caerulescens. 654.)
Slaty-blue; below white, with black throat and sides; _conspicuous white
patch on wing_; female grayish, no black, but may be recognized by _wing
patch_; _hoarse_ note, "kree, kree." *Blue-gray Gnatcatcher.
84. NASHVILLE WARBLER. 4-3/4 in.
(Helminthophila rubricapilla. 645.)
Olive-green; head and neck bluish gray; indistinct brown patch on crown;
_bright yellow below_; no wing bars; _white eye ring_; song, not loud,
"wee'-see, wee'-see, wit'-a-wit'-a-wit'." *Tennessee Warbler.
85. WARBLING VIREO. 5-1/4 in.
(Vireo gilvus. 627.)
Mouse gray, with olive rump; white below, tinged with greenish yellow;
creamy-white around the eye; song, rippling warble. *Red-eyed Vireo.
*Least Flycatcher.
86. BLUE-HEADED VIREO. 5-1/2 in.
(Vireo solitarius. 629.)
Olive-green; _ashy-blue head_; pure white below, sides yellowish; line
around the eye and to the bill, white; two white wing-bars; song,
noteworthy. *Yellow-throated Vireo.
87. ORCHARD ORIOLE. 7
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