JAN., 1909. BIRDS OF ILLINOIS AND WISCONSIN CORY. 



677. 



blackish spots on front of crown ; black streaks on breast replaced by 

 dusky. 



Immature females show the breast streaks but faintly if at all. 



Length, 5.30; wing, 2.50; tail, 2.25; bill, .37. 



A common migrant in Illinois and Wisconsin in spring and fall. 

 According to Messrs. Kumlien and Hollister a few nest in northern 

 Wisconsin. They say: "A common migrant during the latter part 

 of May and again in September. A few nest in central and north- 

 ern Wisconsin, along the borders of hemlock swamps, but the great 

 majority pass beyond our borders to summer. King mentions tak- 

 ing a fully fledged young bird near Worcester, July 19, 1876 (i), 

 and a pair were seen feeding young, which were flying about on July 

 12, 1882, in Door County, to the northward of Sturgeon Bay (L. K.)." 

 (Birds of Wisconsin, 1903, p. 120.) 



Genus SETOPHAGA Swainson. 



337. Setophaga ruticilla (LiNN.). 



REDSTART. 



Distr.: North America, north to Hudson Bay and the Mackenzie 

 region, breeding from North Carolina and northern Mississippi 

 northward; winters in the W'est Indies, Central America, and northern 

 South America. 



Adult male: Sides of body and a broad band on wings and tail, 

 reddish orange or salmon color, brightest on the sides; middle of 



lower breast, belly and under tail 

 coverts, white; rest of plumage, 

 black; basal half of primaries and 

 most of secondaries, salmon, the 

 ends, brownish black; middle tail 

 feathers, brownish black, the rest 

 salmon color, broadly tipped with 

 brownish black; bill, dark, flat- 

 tened and wide at base and with 

 numerous rictal bristles approach- 

 ing that of a Flycatcher. 



Adult female : Orange red mark- 

 ing of the male on sides, wings 

 and tail replaced by yellow, no black anywhere; crown, ashy; back, 

 olive gray; throat and under parts, white. 



Immature male: Similar to female the first season, and later 

 throat and upper parts mixed black and gray. 



Redstart (male). 



