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with fibrous roots. It is placed in bushes from one to four feet above 

 the ground. 



The eggs are four in number, white or creamy- white, speck- 

 led with reddish-brown and lilac-gray; in some specimens these 

 markings are in the form of a wreath near the larger ends. A set in 

 Mr. Norris' collection, taken at Waterville, California, May 6, 1875, 

 gives the following measurements : .62 x .48, .60 x .49, .60 x .48, .60 x .48 ; 

 another, collected at Alameda, California, April 11, 1885: .57X.49, .58 

 x.49, .58X.50. Average size, .60X.48. 



686. Sylvania canadensis. (Linn.) [127.) 



Canadian 'War'bler. 



Hab. Eastern North America, west to the Great Plains, north to Newfoundland, Southern Labrador 

 and Lake Winnipeg, south in winter through Eastern Mexico and Central America to Ecuador. 



The Canada Flycatching Warbler breeds occasionally from the 

 Middle States, and regularly from New England northward. In 

 other Northern States it breeds sparingly. Mr. Robert B. Law- 

 rence found a nest of the Canadian Warbler in the mountains of Pike 

 county, Pennsylvania, on June 9, 1887. The nest was placed in the 

 roots of an old stump, and contained four young birds and one 

 unhatched egg. It has been known to nest in Northern Illinois. In 

 some portions of Canada it is a common breeder. Thomas Mcllwraith 

 says that a few remain to spend the summer in Southern Ontario, 

 while the majority go farther north. Mr. William L. Kells found it 

 nesting in the low, swampy woodlands near Listowel, and obtained 

 sets of its eggs in the latter part of May and first week of June. The 

 nests were found in the cavities of upturned roots of trees, and in the 

 depressions in banks near pools of water. They are generally 

 well hidden by weeds or grass, and are commonly placed on the 

 ground, in underbrush, by the side of a log or at the foot of a bush. 

 Their composition is dry weeds, fine roots, with a lining of hair. 



The eggs are four or five, white or bufiy, speckled or spotted, 

 chiefly round the larger end, with reddish-brown and lilac-gray. Their 

 average size is .68X.51. Mr. Norris has a set of five which were taken 

 near Barnard, Maine, June 14, 1875. These measure .67X.50, .67 x .49, 

 .66 X .48, .66 X .48, .66 x .49. 



687. Setophaga ruticilla (Linn.) [128.] 



American Redstart. 



Hab. Eastern North America, north to Fort Simpson, west to and including the Rocky Mountains. 

 In winter, West Indies, Eastern Mexico, CentralAmerica, and south to Northern South America. 



The richly-colored Redstart breeds in most of its United States 

 range and wherever found in British America. It is an abundant 

 breeding species from the Northern States northward. Nests in May 



