CANADIAN WARBLER. 383 



SVLVANTA CANADENSIS (Linx.). 

 -'!tl. Canadian Warbler. (G86) 



Hlui.sli-ush : irowii, speckletl witli laiicuolatc Miuk marks, ci-owik'd and 

 gcneially contiiiuons on the forehead: the hitter di\ided lengthwise hy a 

 slight yellow line; short superciliary line and edges of eyelids, yellow; lores 

 black, continuous with l)lack under the eye, and this passing as a chain of 

 black streaks down tlie side of the neck, and prettily encircling tiie tln-oat 

 like a necklace ; excepting these streaks and the white under tail coverts the 

 entire under parts are clear yellow; wings and tail, unmarked; feet, flesh 

 color ; in the female and young the black is obscure or much restricted, and 

 the back may l)e slightly glossed with olive. Length, about .Or, ; wing, 'I!,; 

 tail, 21 



Hab. — Eastern Nortii America, westward to the Plains and north to 

 Newfoundland, Southern Labrador and Lake \Vinni)K'g. south, in winter, to 

 Central America and Northern South America. 



Nest, on the grouml in a tussock of giass or weeds, com))osed of til)re, 

 rootlets, leaves and pine needles. 



Eggs, five, white, "beautifully marked with dots and small blotches of 

 blended brown, ))urple and violet, varying in shades an<l tints and gionped in 

 a wreath around the larger end.'' 



From the lotli to the I'oth of May, this species is very coiiuiioii in 

 all suitable places in Southern Ontario. After the latter date the 

 numbers are much reduced, but a few remain to spend the summer, 

 while the bulk of the sj)ecies goes farther north. When here their 

 maimers resemble those of the Careen Black-cap, with whom they 

 are often found in company, and they prefer briary thickets, through 

 which they pass nimbly, picking up their insect fare as they go. In 

 the fall they are less frequently seen, retuiniing south, perhaps, by 

 some other route. They are first seen about the middle of May, and 

 disappear toward the end of August. 



Mr. Kells found this species breeding in tlic low, damp woodlands 

 near Listowel. The nests were l)uilt in the cavities of upturned 

 roots of trees, and in the depressions in l)anks near pools of water. 



