DIRECTORY TO BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 24:1 



growths in woodlands. Song, a weak "ZY^" given four or 

 five times, occasionally heard in autumn. 



2. BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, L. CASTANEA. 5.50; 

 grayish above, streaked with Fig. 317. 



dusky; sides of head and fore- 

 head, dusky; crown, throat, 

 breast and sides, reddish-brown 

 or bay, fig. 318. Female, autum- 

 nal male and young, quite similar 

 to 1 but differ in always being 

 buffy below and in often showing 

 traces of bay. Breeds from north- 

 ern N. E. and Mich, to Hudson 

 Bay ; winters in northern S. A. ; 

 north in May ; south in Sep. Com- 

 mon over most of its breeding and 

 migration range but rather uncom- 

 mon in eastern N. E. ; occurs in 

 evergreen woodlands. Song, begins with a series of lisping 

 notes and ends with a short warble. 



j. Spruce Warblers. Piceacantor. 



CC, H, i, 1. 1-3. 



Fig. 318. 



Small ; wings of medium 

 length, folding to middle of 

 tail, pointed ; upper tail co- 

 verts, shorter than middle 

 of tail; under, longer; wing 

 bands forming one patch ; 

 tail spots, large ; much black 

 above; throat and breast, 

 orange. Type, Motacilla 

 blackburniae Gmelin. An- 

 cestral origin, north-western 

 S. A. 



CC, H, i, 2. 1-3. 



