248 BIEDS — STLVICOLID^. 



the breeding season in Northern Ohio. In the fall, it is here throughout 

 September and the first two weeks in October. The highest colored 

 sp-.cimeas are to be looked for among the first arrivals in spring. 



The nest of this bird is usually placed in high trees in dense woods. 

 It is small and compact, constructed of twigs, grasses and vegetable 

 down. The eggs are white, blotched and dotted with reddish and pur- 

 pilish brown. They measure .70 by .50. 



DeNDECECA CffiRDLESCENS (Gm.) Bd. 



Blacb-throated lEIliie "Warbler. 



Sylvia canadensis, Kirtlvnd, Ohio Geolog. Surv , 1838, 163, 18'2. 



Sylvicola canadensis, Read, Fam. Visitor, iii, 1853, 423 ; Pioo. Philad. Acad. Nat. Sci., vi, 



IS.v.i, 39.5. 

 Vendroica canadensis, Baird, P. E. R. Rep., ix, 1858, 271 — Wheaton, Ohio Agrie. Rep. 



for 1860, 3ri:! ; Repriut, 1861, 5. 

 Bendrceca cwruhsceiis, ^YHEATON, Food of Birds, etc , Ohio Agric. Rep. for 187-1, 563 ; Ee- 



priiiT, 1875, 3. — Langdon, Cat. Bird^ of Gin., 1877, 5; Revised List, Journ. Cin. Soc. 



Nat Hist., i, 1879, 172; EepriDt, 6. 



Mofacilla canadensis, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., i, 1766, 336, 



Sylvia canadensis, Latham, Ind. Orn., ii, 1790, 539. 



Sylcicola canadensis, Richardson, Rep. Br. Ass. for 1836 (1837), 179. 



Moiacilla coendescens, G.melin, Syst. Nat,, i, 1788, 960. 



Dendioica cwruhicens, Baikd, Rev. N. A. Birds, 1865, 186. 



Dendrceca ccerulescens, Sunduvall, Oefv. K. Vet.-akad , iii, 1869, 610. 



Male, in spring : above, nniform slaty blue, the perfect contiQiiity of which is only in- 

 terrupteil, iu very high plumages, by a few black dorsal streaks; below pure white; the 

 sides of tlie head to above the eyes, the chin, throat, and whole sides of the body con- 

 tinuously j'it-black ; iving hars wanting, (the coverts being black, edged with blue) hut a 

 large while spot at the base of the primaries ; quill feathers blackish, outwardly edged 

 with bluish, the inner ones mostly white on their inner webs; tail with the ordinary 

 white blotches, the central feathers edged with bluish; bill black; feet dark. Young 

 male, similar, but the blue glossed wiih olivaceous, and the black interrupted and re- 

 tricted. Female entirely different; dnll olive greenish, with faint bluish shade, below, 

 pale soiled yellowish ; recognizable by the white spot ar, the base of the primarif s, which 

 though it may be reduced to a mere speck, is always evident, at least on pushing aside 

 the primary coverts ; tail blotches small or obscure ; feet rather pale. Size oi virens. 



Habitat, Eastern United States. West Indies. 



Common spring and fall migrant. Arrives the first week in May and 

 returns in September. Usually seen in small companies of from three to 

 ten or twelve in woodland, often near the ground in shady wet places. 

 Mr. Read states that it prefers dark evergreen woods. It is usually more 

 common in spring than in the fall, and more terrestrial than many of 

 the genus. 



