686. Wilsonia canadensis 

 CANADIAN WARBLER. 5 1.2 inches 



Male. Above blue-gray ; black spots on top of head ; no wing 

 bars nor tail spots. Below yellow black line under eye and down 

 sides of throat; a band of 'black spots across the breast. Female. 

 Similar, but markings dusky instead of black. 



An active bird of the underbrush, flycatcher habit. Migrant in 

 Massachusetts. Arrives about May 20. 



Song. A few hurried notes ending abruptly with a rising in- 

 flection. 



Nest. On the ground, in woods near water. 

 Breeds. In New England, sparingly in the southern part. 



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