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MYIODIOCTES CANADENSIS— LINN. 



SPOTTED CANADIAN FLYCATCHING WARBLER. 



Canada Flycatcher. Muscieapa canadensis, Wils. Amer. Orn. 



Sylvia pardalina, Bonap. Syn. 



Canada Warbler, Nutt. Man. 



Caueda Flycatcher, Muscieapa canadensis, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — Third quill longest, scarcely longer than the 

 second, which is about one-twelfth of an inch longer than the first, 

 the fourth slightly shorter than the second ; fore part of breast 

 with oblong spots of black. Adult male with the upper parts blu- 

 ish gray ; at the base of the upper mandible a band of yellow ; a 

 ring of the same color round the eye ; upper part of the head spot- 

 ted with black ; wings and tail plain brown, the latter rounded ; 

 throat and lower parts bright yellow ; a spot of black below the 

 eye which continues down the sides of the neck and unites with 

 oblong spots of black on the fore part of the breast ; lower tail 

 coverts white. Female with the general plumage duller, and the 

 black markings on the breast faintly developed. Length of male 

 five inches, wing two and five-eighths. 



In its migratory course this species visits Long Island. Like most 

 of the species, at some seasons, during spring, it is quite plentiful; 

 and again at other times occurs only in small numbers. 

 Mr. Audubon found it breeding in the Great Pine Forest, 

 Pennsylvania, and met with it in Maine, New Brunswick, Nova 

 Scotia, and Labrador. It flies swiftly, utters an agreeable note, 

 and inhabits generally the woodlands. 



MYIODIOCTES FORMOSA— WILSON. 

 KENTUCKY FLYCATCHING WARBLER. 



Kentucky Warbler, Sylvia formosa, Wils. Amer. Orn. 

 Svlvia formosa, Bonap. Syn. 



Kentucky Warbler, SyNa formosa, Aud. Orn. Biog. 

 Kentucky Waruler, Nutt- Man. 



Specific Character — Bill rounded, narrower at the base than any 

 of this genus ; bristles slight ; second quills longest ; first and third 

 about equal ; tail slightly emarginate, nearly even ; upper parts 

 olive-green ; lower parts bright yellow Adult male with the up- 



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