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WOOD WARBLERS. 



686. Sylvania canadensis (Z /»?(.)■ Canaiuan Wahbler. (Fi^. 



lO'J.) Ad. S .— Upper purts, wings, and mil gray ; no wing-burs or tail-patelies ; 

 crown spotted witli black; line from tiie bill to the eye and under parts 

 yellow; sides of the neck black; a iieri-/ac>> of bhirk' »pot(t firrom the hrtntit ; 

 under tail-covcrt« white; bill with evident bristle at its base. Ad. 9 and 

 //«.— Similar, but with no black on the head or sides of the throat; necklace 

 indicated by dusky spots. L., 5-(;i ; W., '2-53; T., ii"_':t; H. from N., •«!. 



/('a/if/c— Eastern North America; breeds from northern Michigan and 

 Massachusetts to Manitoba and Labrador, and winters in Central and South 

 America. 



Washington, very common T. V., May 5 to 27 ; Aug. 7 to Sept. 2"). Sing 

 Sing, conmion T. V., May (i to June 2; Aug. lu to Oct. 11. Cambridge, com- 

 mon T. v.. May 18 to 28; Sept. 1 to 2U. 



AVa'<, of strips of bark, bits of dead wood, and moss wrajipcd in leaves, and 

 lined with tine rootlets, in mossy bunks or under roots. A't/'jx, four to hve, 

 white, speckled and spotted, chieliy at the larger end, with rufous or rufous- 

 brown, 'GO X 'ol. 



Althoiigli when associated witli other niigrfttiiig Warblers this bird 

 may be found iu woodhiiid of varied character, it prefers low, wet 

 woods, in which, like Wilson's Black-cap. it frequents the lower growth. 

 Like that bird also it is an expert flycatcher. 



Its song is sweet, loud, and spirited. Thompson writes it " p it- 

 ehe, nip-if-che, rup-H-chitf-il Ut.'^ 



687. Setophaga ruticilla (Linn.). Amekican REn.sTAUT. (Sec 

 Fig. 53, ('.) ,(//. $ .--Ul per parts, throat, and breast sliiniiig black ; basal half 

 of the wing-feathers salmon, end half and wing-coverts black ; basal two 

 thirds of all but the middle tail-featliers salmon, end third und middle feath- 

 ei-a black; sides of the breast and Hanks deep reddisli salmon; belly white, 

 tinged with salmon ; bill with prominent bristles at its base. .4d. 9 .—Salmon 

 of the S replaced by dull yellow; liead grayish; back ashy, with a greenish 

 tinge ; under parts, except where marked with yellow, white. Ii/i. — Kesemblo 

 tlie 9 ; the s acquires his full pUnnage the third year, and tlie second year 

 has the plumage mottled with black. L., f)-41 ; W., 2-.'J7; T., 2-27 : B. from 

 N., -27. 



RiiiKjc. — Xortli .Vmerica ; breetls from Kansas and Nortli Carolina north 

 to Labrador and Fort Simpson ; winters in the tropics. 



Washiiiirton. very abundant T. V., Apl. 18 to May 28 ; Aug. 10 to Sept. 2r) ; 

 a few breed. Siig Sing, commcm S. R., May 1 to Oct. 3. Cambridge, very 

 common S. R., May T) to Se])t. 20. 



X<.it, of fine strips of bark, leaf stalks, and plant down, tirnily interwoven, 

 lined with tendrils and fine rootlets, in the crotch, of a sapling, five to twenty 

 feet up. A'f/f/.", "»ur to five, grayish white or bluish white, spotted ami blotched, 

 chiefly at the larger end, with cinnamon- or olive-brown, -tis x -riO. 



If this active, brilliantly colored iidmbitant of woodlands was as 

 rare as he is beautiful, we would consider n meeting with him an event 



