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278. Sylvania canadensis (Linn.). CANADIAN WARBLER; CANADIAN FLYCATCHING 

 WARBLER. 



Migrant; more common than either of the last mentioned species and unlike 

 the last, most numerous in spring. Frequents thickets and the undergrowth of 



Head of Canadian Flycatcher. 



somewhat dense woods. It may breed in the extreme northern counties, since Mr. 

 Ridgway notes that it does in that portion of Illinois (Bull. No. 4, 111. State 

 Lab. Nat. Hist., p. 175). Arrives in Southern Indiana April 18 to May 5, and the 

 rear of the migrants passes by May 16, which is the latest date reported. They 

 pass South late in August and early in September. 



GENUS SETOPHACJA SWAINSON. 



*279. Setophaga ruticilla (Linn.). AMERICAN REDSTART. 



Common summer resident, frequenting the woodlands. Breeds. A lively 

 bird, restlessly moving in springtime from branch to branch, singing its peculiar 

 song and stopping now and then either the song or its wanderings to pick an insect 

 from a leaf near by, or to dart, Fly-catcher-like, after a passing fly. In the north- 

 ern part of the State this is perhaps the most abundant small bird in the woods, 

 la Franklin County the earliest first arrival noted was April 25th, and the latest 

 was May 4th They have been noted pairing as early as May 4th, and I have 

 found the nest on May 17th. The nest is a very neat structure placed in the fork 

 of the limb of a tree. I do not remember ever to have seen one over thirty feet 

 from the ground. While the bulk leave during September, a few remain until 

 early October. Mrs. Hine notes the occurrence of a specimen in Dekalb County as 

 late as October 11. 



FAMILY MOTACILLID^E. WAGTAILS. 



GENUS ANTHUS BECHSTEIN. 



Sutgenus ANTHUS. 

 280. Anthus pennsylvanicus ( L-ith.). AMERICAN PIPIT; AMERICAN TITLARK. 



Abundant migrant, frequenting meadows and pastures, the shores of streams 

 and lakes in flocks. They pass northward during March, April and early part of 



