hummed Bobby. “How jolly!”
“Yes,” said mamma; “and they take care that it is under some green leaves, which act as an umbrella to keep the sun out of the mother’s eyes while she sits on the four pretty white eggs.”
“And out of the little ones’ red eyes, too,” laughed Bobbie. “How cute!”
red-eyed vireo.
From col. Chi. Acad. Sciences. Copyrighted by
Nature Study Pub. Co., 1898, Chicago.