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Edmonde S. Currier, in an article on "The Hooded Warbler," 

 (Iowa Orn., i, 3, 1895, pp. 67-70), describes the species as nesting 

 commonly on low wet land near junction of Des Moines and Mis- 

 sissippi Rivers, in woodland of giant elms, sycamores, and locusts, 

 with smaller undergrowth, and dense tangles of smart weed, net- 

 tles, etc. They arrive in May and depart in August, seldom wan- 

 dering from the edge of their thicket. The sets are completed 

 about the third week in June; nest usually placed in the fork of 

 a small shrub standing in a thick growth of weeds, four to thirty 

 inches from the ground. "I know of no other locality near here 

 where they are so plentiful, but they are not uncommon through- 

 out the w^ooded bottom-land on both sides of the Mississippi near 

 here (Keokuk). Their haunts are almost the same as those of 

 the Prothonotary Warbler, the Prothonotary over the water, the 

 Hooded Warbler at its edge." 



321. (685). Wihonia piisilla (Wils.). Wilson Warbler. 



The Wilson Warbler or Black-capped Fly-catching Warbler is 

 a tolerably common summer migrant in the eastern and central 

 portions of the state, occurring from the first to the latter part of 

 May and from August 17 (Winnebago) to September 25 (Scott). 

 It usually frequents the smaller trees in woodland, and captures 

 many insects on the wing, like a Flycatcher. The species is rec- 

 ognizable by its general olive-green upper parts without wing- 

 bars or tail-patches, yellow under parts and black crown. 



322. (686). Wihonia canadensis (L,inn.). Canadian Warbler. 

 The Canadian Warbler is a tolerably common spring and fall 



migrant in most portions of eastern and central Iowa, although 

 reported as rare by a few observers. It was not reported from 

 western Iowa by any observer, although the species was noted at 

 Engineers' Cantonment by Thomas Say in 1819-20 as Ahiscipapa 

 canadensis (Long's Exp., i, p. 263). It has been noted in spring 

 from M.2cy 11 (Johnson) to May 27 (Winnebago). The Canadian 

 Warbler migrates regularly in Winnebago county from August 

 15 to 25 and is quite common at that time, frequenting the larger 

 groves of native timber, actively flycatching in the tree-tops, and 

 often also in the smaller undergrowth. 



Genus Setophaga Swainson. 



323. (687). Setophaga ruticilla ^\x\\\.). • American Redstart. 

 The American Redstart is a common or abundant summer res- 



