Warblers SONG-BIRDS. 



and also in the vicinity of Saybrook. It has a particular 

 fondness for our Connecticut swamps, where the pink azaleas 

 and laurels crown the intersecting banks, and it usually 

 nests at the time when the azalea fades, and the laurel 

 comes into bloom. 



Wilson's Warbler : Sylvania pusUla. 



Black-capped Warbler. 



Length : 4.75 inches. 



Male and Female : Slack cap. Above olive-yellow, olive-yellow edg- 

 ings to wings and tail. Under parts rich yellow, shades to olive 

 on sides. Line over eye and forehead deep yellow. Bill dark 

 above lower mandible and feet light. Female without the 

 black cap. 



Song : An indistinct warble. 



Season : An uncommon migrant, seen here in May. 



Breeds : Chiefly north of the United States. 



Nest : On the ground. 



Eggs: 4-5, white, heavily spotted and sprinkled with mauve and 

 lilac. 



Range: Eastern North America, west to and including the Rocky 

 Mountains, north to Hudson's Bay Territory and Alaska, 

 migrating south to Eastern Mexico and Central America. 



This striking bird ranges quite freely through the state 



as a migrant, but little is known of its New England breed- 



* ing possibilities. Mr. H. D. Minot found its nest on Pike's 



Peak at an altitude of 11,000 feet, almost at the timber line. 



Canadian Warbler: Sylvania canadensis. 



Length: 5.25-5.50 inches. 



Male : Above ash-blue, crown spotted with arrow-shaped, black marks 

 blending on the brow. Below pure yellow, with a showy neck- 

 lace of black longitudinal bars across the breast. Yellow line 

 over eye, black patch under it. Bill dark, feet flesh-coloured. 



Female : Paler all through, and the black obscured. 



Song: "A fine sibilant chirp, reminding one of a canary's song, but 

 broken and incomplete." (Nehrling.) 



Season : Common migrant in the latter half of May. 



Breeds : Casually in New England, and north to the tree limit. 



Nest: Of dry grass and leaves on the ground. 



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