Western Bird Guide: Birds of the Rockies and West to the Pacific

by Charles K. Reed

GRAY VIREO.

634. Vireo vicinior. 5½ inches.

Found in the southwestern United States, from western Texas, and southern California, into Mexico. They are not uncommon birds in the mountains of Arizona, where they nest in low bushes or trees, building their nest similar to the Red-eyed vireo in the horizontal fork of some overhanging limb, within a few feet from the ground. Usually four white eggs, which are finely spotted with brown about the larger end (.72 × .53).

Family MNIOTILTIDÆ—WOOD WARBLERS.

BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER.

636. Mniotilta varia. 5¼ inches.

This eastern bird, with its black and white markings, is found in southern Texas, and has been seen accidental in California and Washington (not illustrated).