Spiders raised their meshes where shrimps had skipped, and flies hummed and were caught by singing jungle vireos, where armored catfish had passed an hour or two before.
"Edge of the Jungle"
William Beebe
But another song rises pure and serene above the general chorus of vireos and warblers.
"See America First"
Orville O. Hiestand
The victims of the cow-bird are usually, as in this instance, birds of much smaller size, the fly-catchers, the sparrows, warblers, and vireos, though she occasionally imposes on larger species, such as the orioles and the thrushes.
"My Studio Neighbors"
William Hamilton Gibson