WARBLERS. 69 



127. MYIODIOCTES CANADENSIS. 



CANADIAN FLYCATCHING WARBLER. 



Habitat, whole Eastern Province of the United States, west to 

 Missouri. 



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

 would scarcely be attributed to so delicate a bird. The description 

 is taken from the only one I 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 the 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 itself is very small, neatly finished, and lined 

 with a quantity of black horse-hair. This nest contained three 

 eggs, white, spotted with reddish-brown and lavender, chiefly at 

 the larger end, where many of the spots are confluent, but also 

 sparingly sprinkled over the whole surface. Size o.68^by 0-52. 

 The nest is placed on the ground." — Coues, Birds of the 

 NoRTHW^EST, pp. 80, 81. 



128. SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA. 



AMERICAN REDSTART. 



Habitat, chiefly Eastern North America. 



The Redstart builds a beautiful little nest usually in the low 

 branch of a tree, eight to ten feet from the ground, and most al- 

 ways in a thick grove. It is made of -very soft materials, fine 

 strips of bark, hempen fibres, down of the milk-weed, &c. It is 

 lined with hair and fine stems of grasses. 



The eggs of this species are similar to those of the Summer 

 Yellow Bird ; but having a grayish-white ground color, instead of 

 a light green, and are blotched and dotted with purple, lilac and 

 brown. 



129. SETOPHAGA PICTA. 



PAINTED REDSTART. *« 



l3o. SETOPHAGA MINIATA. 



RED BELLIED REDSTART. ** 



