Desceiptive List 307 



Fig. 251. Wilson's 'Wakbler. 



312. Wilsonia canadensis (Lin)).). Canada Warbler. 



Descriplion: Ad. male. — Up]5crparts, wings, and tail gray; no wing-bars or tail-patches; crown 

 spotted with black; line from the bill to the eye and underparts yellow; sides of the neck black; a 

 necklace of black spots across the breast; under tail-coverts white; bill with bristles at its base. 

 Ad. female and i»i. male. — Similar, but with no black on the head or sides of the tliroat; necklace 

 indicated by dusky spots. Im. female. — Similar, but with breast spots fainter or wanting. L., 

 5.61; W., 2.53; T., 2.23; B. froniN., .31. fChap., Birds of E. N. A.) 



Range. — Eastern North America, wintering from Mexico to Soutih America. 



Range in North Carolina. — Breeds in portions of the mountain region, and onoe found at Raleigh 

 in spring. 



A Canada Warbler was taken by H. H. Brimley at Raleigh, May 13, 1892, and 

 Bruner saw one at the same place on May 18, 1912; but all our other records are 

 for the mountain region. Boynton records it as tolerably common and breeding at 

 Highlands in Macon County; and Cairns said it was common on Craggy Mountain 

 up to 6,000 feet. Bruner found it at Blowing Rock on August 2 and Septem- 

 ber 16, 1907; Rhoads discovered it breeding on Roan Mountain in June, 1895, from 

 3,000 to 4,000 feet elevation. Pearson reported it at Asheville July 20, 1902. In 

 the summer of 1911 Bruner and Feild ol)served the species on Roan Mountain, 

 Grandfather Mountain and six miles southeast of Linville, the last named place 

 being at an elevation of 3,750 feet. The earliest date for the State is April 29, 

 1886, at Highlands, and the latest October 10 at Weaverville. 



The nest is placed on the ground in underbrush, in such situations as the side of 

 a log or at the foot of a bush, and is composed of dry weeds and fine roots vnih a 

 lining of hair. The eggs are four or five, white or buffy, speckled or spotted with 

 brown and gray, chiefly round the larger end. Size .68 x .51. 



Genus Setophaga (Swains.) 



313. Setophaga ruticilla (Lin)).). Red.start. 



Description. — Male black, the sides of breast and large blotches on wings and tail orange red; 

 belly white; female olive, marked with yellow instead of red; young males like female, but with 

 more or less traces of black. Extreme measurements of 97 Raleigh specimens: L., 4.95-5.50; W., 

 2.2.5-2.65; T., 2.08-3.35. 



Range. — Eastern North America, wintering in Mexico, Central and South America. 



Range in North Carolina. — Summer visitor in central portion and in mountain valleys, transient 

 only in the eastern section. 



The Redstart, though apparently not foimd in summer in the east, is a common 

 summer visitor in central North Carolina, arriving from the south early in April 



