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166. Icteria virens (Linn.). 

 YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. 



Bright olive-green; beneath, yellow; belly, white. Length, 7^ inches. 



Very rare visitor from the'soutli. Two instances. Male; 

 Amherst, June 22, 1886 ; H. L. Clark. Male and female ; 

 Amherst, Ma}' 18, 1887 ; H. L. Clark. Said to be now a regu- 

 lar summer resident at Springfield (Morris) . 



167. Wilsonia pusilia (Linn.). 



WILSON'S WARBLER. BLACK-CAP. 



Above, bright yellow-olive; beneath yellow; crown of male, blue-black. 

 Length, 5 inches. 



Rare and irregular migrant in May, in low wet woods. Feeds 

 on insects. Beneficial. Notes, feeble and unmusical. 



168. Wilsonia canadensis (Linn.). 

 CANADIAN WARBLER. 



Above, ashy; beneath, yellow; a necklace of black or dusky spots across 

 the breast; in male, sides of neck, black. Length, 5 inches. 



Uncommon but regular migrant in May and September. 

 Earliest arrival. May 13. Habits like the preceding but song 

 is louder and sweeter. 



169. Setophaga ruticilla (Linn.). 



RED START. 



Male: Black; belly, white; sides and basal half of wing and tail feathers 

 salmon-red. 



Female: Ashy-olive, where male is black; yellow, where he is red. 

 Length, S-Sj inches. 



Common migrant in May, June and September and probable 

 summer resident. Earliest arrival. May 7. Eggs 4-5, whitish, 

 spotted and blotched with brown. Nest of fine strips of bark, 

 leaf stalks and plant down, in the crotch of a sapling in low 

 woodland. Feeds on insects. Beneficial. Notes, warbler- 



