AMERICAN i WARBLERS. 



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zee zee-e. " It has a low, but rather sharp, chirp of alarm or 

 of annoyance. 



Migration and Breeding Range. I found this species 

 on May i6, 1876, at AYilliamsport, Pennsylvania. It has been 

 found in Massachusetts from May 7 to the last of the month. 

 It breeds in the extreme north-eastern portion of Maine and 

 northward to Hudson's Bay. In autumn it passes us in early 

 September, but a few linger until the last of the month. I 

 found it at AVatsontown, Pennsylvania, as early as August 27, 

 1875, and continued to find a few as late as September 28. It 

 winters in eastern Mexico. 



CANADIAN WARBLER. 



Wilsonia canadensis. 



Plate XII, Fig. 1, male: P^ig. 2, female. 



Size, medium, 5.00 to 5.70. Above, slaty gray ; yellow 

 beneath, v,'ith a necklace of black spots crossing breast. Rath- 

 er common. Migrates through southern, and breeds in north- 

 ern New England. 



Fig. 54. 



Canadian Warbler. 



Male. Slaty gray above, with more or less black 011 forehead and crown. 

 Eye ring, line to bill, and beneath, yellow. Triangular patch beneath eye, ex- 



