54 CHECK LIST OF THE 
GENUS SETOPHAGA. 
279 American Redstart. 
(Setophaga ruticilla.) 
A common summer resident, breeding throughout its range in the 
Province. 
Arrives about the tenth of May, departs early in September. 
Famity MOTACILLIDA. Pris, ETC. 
Genus ANTHUS. 
SupGenus ANTHUS. 
280 American Pipit. 
(Anthus pennsilvanicus. ) 
An abundant migrant, more frequently seen in autumn than in 
spring. 
Breeds in the far north. 
Arrives about the tenth of May and passes on northward very 
quickly. Early in September they return and remain until about the 
end of the first week in November. 
Famity TROGLODYTIDA. WRENS, THRASHERS, ETC, 
SuBFAMILY MIMINA. THRASHERS. 
Genus GALEOSCOPTES. 
281. Catbird. 
(Galeoscoptes carolinensis. ) 
A very common summer resident; breeds throughout its range in 
the Province. 
Arrives about the middle of May, departs early in October. 
GENUS HARPORHYNCHUS. 
Suscenus METHURIOPTERUS. 
282. Brown Thrasher. (Brown Thrush ) 
(Harporhynchus rufus.) 
A common summer resident, breeds throughout its range in the 
Province. 
Arrives at the end of April, departs early in October. 
SUBFAMILY TROGLODYTINA®. WRENs. 
Genus THRYOTHORUS. 
Suscenus THRYOTHORUS. 
283. Carolina Wren. 
(Thryothorus ludovicianus.) 
