80 MYIODIOCTES CANADENSIS, FLY-CATCHING WARBLER. 



MYIODTOCTES CANADENSIS, (Linu.) And. 



Canatlian Fly-catching AVarblcr. 



Muscicaim canadensis, Linn., Syst. Nat. i, 176(), 327.— Gm., ihid. 13th ed. 1788, 9.37.— Wrr,s., 

 Am. Orn. iii, 1811, 100, pi- 20, f. 2.— Aud., Oru. Biog. ii, 1834, 17, pi. 103. 



Setophaqa cmuHhunis, Jaiux, eil. Wils. 1832.— Rich., List, 1837.— Gcay, Geu. of Birds. 



MmodiocU's canadensis, Avn., Syu. 1«39, 49.— Aud., B. Am. ii, 1841, 14, pi. 72.— ('??)Bkk\v., 

 Pr. Bost. Soc. vi, 5 (Lynn, Mass., breedinji).— Sci. , P. Z. S. 1854, 111 ; 1858, 451 

 (Ecuador); 1855. 143 ( Bogota).- Putn., Pr. Ess. Inst, i, 1850, 208 (Massachu- 

 setts, iu summer).— Bd., B. N. A. 1858, 294.— Scl. & Sai.v., Ibis, i, 1859, 11 

 (Guatemala).— Lawu., Ann. Lye. N. Y. vi, 1862; viii, 1830, 280; ix, 18(58,95 

 (Costa Rica).— Bd., Rev. 1805, 240.— Wheat., Ohio Agric. Rep. 1840.-CouES 

 & Pkknt., Smiths. Rep. 1861, 409 (migratory, abuudaut).— Boai:i)M., Pr. Bost. 

 Soc. ix, 1862, 125 (Maine, breeding, common). — VKi:r.., Pr. Ess. lust, iii, 1862, 

 14(J (ditto).— McIlwk., Pr. Ess. Inst, v, 1866, 86 (Hamilton, C. W., in summer). — 

 CouES, Pr. Ess. lust, v, 1868, 274.— Coues, Pr. Bost. Soc. xii, 1868, HI (S. Car., 

 migratory, common).— Tuiinb., B. E. Pa. 1869, 19 (frequent, Apr., Oct.).— Mayx., 

 Guide, 1870, 105; Pr. Bost. Soc. xiv, 1871.— Coues, Key, 1872, 109, tig. 51. 



Enihhjpis canadensis, C\u., Mus. Hein. 1850, 18.— Allen, Pr. Ess. Inst, iv, 1864, 65. 



Si/h-ia pardalina, Bp., Obs. Wils. 1826 ; Syn. 1828, 79.— Nutt., Man. 1, 1832, 372.— Lixs., 

 Am. Jouru. Sci. xliv, 1843, 256. 



Sylvicola pardalina, Bp., List, 1838,22.— Brew., Pr. Bost. Soc. vi, 1857, 4, (Mass., breeding), 



Alyiodioctes pardalina, Bv., Cousp. i, 1850, 315. 



Jilnscicapa honapartii, Aud., Orn. Biog. i, 1831, 27, pi. 5 (young). 



Sctophafja honapartii, Sw. & Rich., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 225, pi. 47.— Rich,, List, 1837. 



Wilsonia honapartii, Bp., List, 1838. 



Siilvania Ixinaijartii, NuTT., Man. i, 2d ed. 1840, 332. 



Aliliodiocivs honapartii, Aud., Syn. 1839, 49 ; B. Am. ii, 1841, 17, pi. 73.— Bd., B. N. A. 295. 



Sctopha(ja nigricincta, Lafi?es., R. Z. 1843, 292; 1844, 79. 



Eab. — Eastern North America. North to Labrador (Auduhon) and Cumberland 

 House (hit. 54°, IHchardson). West to the Lower Missouri. South to Ecuador. No 

 West Indian record. Breeds from the Middle States aud Massachusetts, occasionally; 

 from Maine, regularly, northward. Winters entirely beyond the United States. 



No species of Miiiodiocfes was noticed by either Expedition. The 

 present one lias not, to my knowledge, been actually taken anywhere on 

 the Missouri ; but I admit it, with this remark, because there is no rea- 

 sonable doubt whatever of its occurrence iu Missouri and Eastern 

 Kansas. 



It is too late now to argue in favor of the identity of "iii. honapartii" 

 with this species ; this has become a settled issue. It is curious to note 

 how, in striving to separate the supposed species, Audubon was led un- 

 wittingly to deny to canadensis any occurrence in the Southern States ; 

 he says "from Kentucky northward," but the fact is, as indicated in the 

 foregoing paragraph, that the species has a southward extension equal 

 to that of almost any United States species of the family, excei)ting D. 

 striata, whi(;h probably goes to Chili. It is abuudaut in the woodland 

 of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Maryland, during the migrations; some 

 individuals stop to breed iu the IMiddle States and Southern New En- 

 gland, but the majority reach a latitude in British America correspond- 

 ent to that of most other species of the family. Its habits are not 

 peculiar in comparison v.-ith those of its congeners. 



The nest of this species is a rude and bulky structure, which Mould 

 scarcely be attributed to so delicate a bird. The description is taken 

 from the only one 1 have seen, collected at Lynn, Massachusetts, by Mr. 

 G. Welch, it is irregular in contour, about four inches in one diameter 

 and nearly six in tbe other, though less than two inches deep. It is 

 composed chiefly of dried pine-needles, closely laid together, but with 

 these are mixed a number of leaves, chiefly outside and below, some 

 fibrous strips and weed-stalks. The cavity it.self is very small, neatly fin- 

 ished, and lined with a quantity of black horse-hair. This nest contained 



