red-eyed vireo
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of red-eyed vireo
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
Example Sentences
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The rose-breasted grosbeak is there too, and the red-eyed vireo, and the indigo bunting.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2023
A little bird, the red-eyed vireo, warbled most cheerily in the trees above our camp, and, as Aaron said, “gave us a good send-off.”
From Locusts and Wild Honey by Burroughs, John
The red-eyed vireo has almost as extensive a range, and at least in New England is possibly more numerous; but except among ornithologists it remains a stranger, even to country-bred people.
From The Foot-path Way by Torrey, Bradford
The American red-start comes to our very feet, the yellow warbler, the Tennessee warbler, the red-eyed vireo, and the magnolia warbler, which last, a young Cree tells us, is "High-Chief-of-all-the-small-birds."
From The New North by Cameron, Agnes Deans
Another curious visitor was a red-eyed vireo, who, being received in the same innocent and childlike way, also took his leave.
From Little Brothers of the Air by Miller, Olive Thorne
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