374 WOOD WARBLERS. 



686. Sylvania canadensis (Linn.). Canadian Warbler. (Fig. 



109.) Ad. 6 .— Upper parts, wings, and lail gray ; no wing-bar-s or tail-patches ; 

 crown spotted with black; line from the bill to the eye and under parts 

 yellow ; sides of the neck black ; a necklace of black spots across the breast ; 

 under tail-coverts white; bill with evident bristle at its base. Ad. 9 and 

 //7i.— Similar, but with no black on the head or sides of the throat; necklace 

 indicated by dusky spots. L., 5-61 ; W., 2-53 ; .T., 2-23 ; B. from N., -31. 



Raiiije. — Eastern JVorth America; breeds from northern Michigan and 

 Massachusetts to Manitoba and Labrador, and southward in AUeghanies to 

 North Carolina; winters in tropics. 



Washington, very common T. V., May 5 to 27 ; Aug. 7 to Sept. 25. Sing 

 Sing, common T. V., May 6 to June 2 ; Aug. 10 to Oct. 11. Cambridge, com- 

 mon T. v., May 18 to 28 ; Sept. 1 to 20. 



Nest., of strips of bark, bits of dead wood, and moss wrapped in leaves, and 

 lined jvith line rootlets, in mossy banks or under roots. Eggs., four to live, 

 white, speckled and spotted, chiefly at the larger end, with rufous or rufous- 

 brown, -(iG X -51. 



Although when associated with other migrating Warblers this bird 

 may be found in woodland of varied character, it prefers low, wet 

 woods, in which, like Wilson's Black-cap, it frequents the lower growth. 

 Like that bird also it is an expert flycatcher. 



Its song is sweet, loud, and spirited. Thompson writes it " rup-it- 

 che, rup-it-che, rup-it-chitt-it lit." 



687. Setophaga ruticilla {Linn.). American Redstart. (See 

 Fig. 53, c.) Ad. <$ . — Upper parts, throat, and breast shining black ; basal half 

 of the wing-feathers salmon, end half and wing-coverts black; basal two 

 thirds of all but the middle tail-feathers salmon, end third and middle feath- 

 ers black; sides of the breast and flanks deep i-eddish salmon; belly white, 

 tinged with salmon ; bill with prominent bristles at its base. Ad. 9 . — Salmon 

 of the S replaced by dull yellow ; head grayish ; back ashy, with a greenish 

 tinge ; under parts, except where marked with yellow, white. Im. — Resemble 

 the 9 ; the $ acquires his full plumage the third year, and the second year 

 has the plumage mottled with black. L., 5-41 ; W., 2-57 ; T., 2-27 : B. from 

 N., -27. 



Range. — North America ; breeds from Kansas and North Carolina north 

 to Labrador and Fort Sim[.son ; winters in the tropics. 



Washington, very abundant T. V., Apl. 18 to May 28 ; Aug. 19 to Sept. 25 ; 

 a few breed. Sing Sing, common S. R., May 1 to Oct. 3. Cambridge, very 

 common S. R., May 5 to Sept. 20. 



Nest, of fine strips of bark, leaf stalks, and plant down, firmly interwoven, 

 lined with tendrils and fine rootlets, in the crotch of a sapling, five to twenty 

 feet up. Eggs, four to five, grayish white or bluish white, spotted and blotched, 

 chiefly at the larger end, with cinnamon- or olive-brown, -68 x -50. 



If this active, brilliantly colored inhabitant of woodlands was as 

 rare as he is beautiful, we would consider a meeting with him an event 



