CANADIAN WARBLER. 



686. Wilsonia canadensis. 5% inches. 



Male, with a necklace of black spots, white eye ring 

 and lores ; female, and young, with only a slight in- 

 dication of the necklace. 



These Warblers travel northward in company with 

 many other kinds, always keeping in the underbrush 

 near the ground, except when they come out into 

 orchards and paries. Like the two last, they are very 

 lively, rarely remaining still for more than a few 

 seconds, before they must dash after some tempting- 

 morsel that is flying by. 



Song. A loud liquid warble, most nearly resembling 

 that of the Water-Thrush ; call, a sharp, querulous chip. 



Nest. Of rootlets and strips of bark, under roots of 

 trees or shrubs or at the foot of stumps in the moss; 

 the four eggs are white with a wreath of chestnut 

 spots around the large end (.68 x .50). 



Range. Eastern X. A., breeding from Massachusetts 

 and Michigan northward; winters in northern South 

 America. 

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