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278. Sylvania canadensis (iiHii.). Canadux Wakbler: Canadian Fltcatchinq 

 Warbler. 



Migrant; more common than either of tlie last mentioned species and unlike 

 the last,, moft numerous in spring. Frequents thickets and the undergrowth of 



Hea<l iif Canatlian Flycatcher. 



somewhat dense woods. It mav breed in the extreme northern counties, since Mr. 

 Eidgway notes that it does in that portion of Illinois (Bull. No. 4, III. State 

 Lab. Nat. Hist., p. 175). Arrives in Southern Indiana April 18 to May 5, and the 

 rear of the migrants passes by May 16, which is the latest dale reported. They 

 pass South late in August and early in September. 



Genus SETOPH.MiA Swaixson. 



'•'279. Setophaga rutioilla [Linn.]. American Redstart. 



Common summer resident, frequenting the woodlands. Breeds. A lively 

 bird, restlessly moving in springtime from br.anch to branch, singing its peculiar 

 song and stopping now and then eitlier the song or its wanderings to pick an insect 

 from a leaf near by, or to dart, Fly-catcher like, after a passing Hy. In the north- 

 ern part of the State this is perhaps the most abundant small bird in the woods. 

 In Franklin County the earliest first arrival noted was April 25th, and the latest 

 was May 4tli They have been noted pairing as early as May 4th, and I have 

 found the nest on May 17th. The nest is a very neat structure placed in the fork 

 of the limb of a tree. I do not remember ever to have seen one over thirty feet 

 from the ground. While the bulk leave during September, a few remain until 

 early October. Mrs. Hine notes the occurrence of a s( ecimen in Dekalb County as 

 late as October 11. 



Family MOTACILLID..E. AVagtails. 



Ue.nus ANTHUS Bechsteix. 



Sul genus Anthus. 



280. Anthus peunsylvanicus I /-I'/i.). A.mericam Pipit; American Titlark. 



Abundant migrant, frequenting meadows and pastures, the shores of streams 

 and lakes in flocks. They pass northward during Marcli, .\pril and early part of 



