1894] Notes concerning New Brunswick Warblers. 103 



Wilson's Warbler, Sylvania pusilla. 



Has been taken at Petitcodiac and observed a! Fredericton. 



Canadian Warbler, Sylvania canadensis. 



A tolerably common summer resident from May until Septem- 

 ber. Generally found in low, wet woodland that has considerable 

 undergrowth; it is also found along- river margins. This species 

 has a sweet, liquid song, we would write it chip-it-che chip-it-che 

 chip-it chitt-it-it They display great anxiety if one intrudes too 

 closely upon their nesting site, and give vent to their feelings by 

 rep atedly uttering a smart sounding chip. Yet they can over- 

 come their emotions sufficiently to make short sallies after passing 

 insects which they easily catch. 



American Redstart, Setophaga ruiicilla. 



A tolerably common summer resident of orchards and moist 

 woodlands near clearings, staying with us from May until 

 September. The habits of this pretty species are very much like 

 those of some of the flycatchers, both in manner of taking its food, 

 and nest building. They are expert fly catchers, as one may know 

 by watching them, for even a short time, as they float, dart and 

 whirl through the foliage of the trees, occasionally resting with 

 drooping wings and half spread tail, to sing their chee-chee-chee, 

 ser-wee, swee-e-e. The song of the immature male during his 

 second summer is very different from the song of the adult male. 

 At that age the young male still more closely resembles the female 

 in appearance, than he does with the black and dark orange 

 colors of the plumage of the older males. 



The nest of this species is built, like the nest of the least fly- 

 catcher, of grasses, fibres, plant down, and threads, if obtainable, 

 placed in a tork of a bush either close against the trunk or out on 

 a limb. The eggs are from three to five in number, grayish white or 

 bluish white, with cinnamon or brownish spots about the larger end. 

 The parents are very vigilant in guarding their eggs and young. 

 On one occasion when I was driving along a highway, a male 

 redstart fluttered out from the vicinity of its nest, and fluttered 

 along beside the horse endeavouring to allure us from the place. 

 His plumage of rich orange and black showed to good effect 

 against a background of rich green grasses and shrubs. 



