687. Setophaga ruticilla 

 AMERICAN REDSTART. 5 inches 



Male. Above black ; large wing patch and tail blotches orange. 

 Below black ; belly white ; sides of breast orange. Female. 

 Greenish gray where the male is black, and yellow where it is 

 orange. 



An inhabitant of the maples and elms of the roadside, also found in 

 open woodlands. It is a gay little flycatcher, and in flight suggests 

 a miniature Baltimore Oriole. Common in Massachusetts. Arrives 

 about May 5. 



Song. " Weechee, weeche, weeche" thin and wiry on a rising scale 

 Nest. In a crotch not very high up. 

 Breeds. Throughout New England. 



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