80 MYIODIOGTES CANADENSIS, FLY-CATCHING WARBLER. 



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MYIODIOGTES CANADENSIS, (Linn.) Aud. X 



Canadian Fly-catching Warbler. 



Mmcicapa canadensis, LiNX., Syst. Nat. i, 1766, 327.— Gji., iUd. 13th ed. 1788, 937.— WiLS., 

 Am. Orn. iii, 1811, 100, pi. 26, f. 2.— Aud., Orn. Biog. ii, 1834, 17, pi. 103. 



Setophaga canadensis, Jard., ed. Wils. 183^. — Rich., List, 1837. — Gkay, Gen. of Birds. 



Mijiodioetes canadensis, Aud., Syu. 1839, 49.— Aud., B. Am. ii, 1841, 14, pi. 72.— (? ?)Brew., 

 Pr. Bost. Soc. vi, 5 (Lynn, Mass., breeding).— Sci. , P. Z. S. 1854, 111 ; 1858, 4.^)1 

 (Ecuador); 1855. 143 (Bogota).— Putx., Pr. Ess. Inst, i, 1856, 206 (Massachu- 

 setts, iu summer).- Bd., B. N. A. 1853, 294.— ScL. & Salv., Ibis, i, 1859, 11 

 (Guatemala).— Lawp,., Ann. Lye. N. Y. vi, 1862 ; viii, 1866, 286 ; ix, 1868, 95 

 (Costa Rica).— Bd., Rev. 1865, 240.— Wheat., Ohio Agric. Rep. 1840.— CouES 

 & Prent., Smiths. Rep. 1861, 409 (migratory, abundant). — Boai;d:w., Pr. Bost. 

 Soc. ix, 1862, 125 (Maine, breeding, common). — Verr., Pr. Ess. Inst, iii, 1862, 

 146 (ditto).— McIlwu., Pr. Ess. Inst, v, 1863, 86 (Hamilton, C. W., iu summer).— 

 CouES, Pr. Ess. Inst, v, 1868, 274.— Coues, Pr. Bost. Soc. xii, 1868, 111 (S. Car., 

 migratory, common).— Tcrxb., B. E. Pa. 1869, 19 (frequent, Apr., Oct.). — Mayx., 

 Guide, 1870, 105; Pr; Bost. Soc. xiv, 1871.— Coues, Key, 1872, 109, tig. 51. 



Euihhjpis canadensis, Cac, Mrs. Hein. 1850, 18. — Allen, Pr. Ess. Inst, iv, 1864, 65. 



SylHa pardaVma, Bp., Obs. Wils. 1826 ; Syn. 1828, 79.— Nutt., Man. i, 1832, 372.— LiNS., 

 Am. Journ. Sci. xliv, 1843, 256. 



Si/Jvienla pardalina, Bp., List, 1638, 22. — Brew., Pr. Bost. Soc. vi, 1857, 4, (Mass., breeding). 



Mijiodioetes pardalina, Bp., Consp. i, 1850, 315. 



Jl'iiscicapa honapartii, Aud., Orn. Biog. i, 1831, 27, pi. 5 (young). 



Setophaga lonaparlii, Sw. & Rich., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 225, pi. 47. — Rich., List, 1837. p ^ 



WiUonia ionapartii, Bp., List, 1838. /S'o-i 



Sglvania honapartii, NuTi\, Man. i, 2d ed. 1840, 332. rJilH-^ 



Mijiodioetes bonapartii, Aud., Syn. 1839, 49 ; B. Am. ii, 1841, 17, pi. 73.— Bd., B. N. A. 295. ., 



Sctopliaga nigricincia, Lafrbs., E. Z. 1843, 292; 1844, 79. ■ i , ' 



Hah. — Eastern North America. North to Labrador (Auduhon) and Cumberland ' ./'" 

 House (lat. 54°, Eichardson). West to the Lower Missouri. South to Ecuador. No , 

 West Indian record. Breed.^ from the Middle States and Massachusetts, occasionally ; - f ' i 

 from Maine, regularly, northward. Winters entirely beyond the United States. ■ jf - 



No species of 2Liiodioctes was noticed by either Expedition. The 

 present one has not, to my liuowledge, been actually taken anywhere on 

 the Missouri ; but I admit it, with this remark, because there is no rea- 

 sonable doubt whatever of its occurrence in Missouri and Eastern 

 Kansas. 



It is too late now to argue in favor of the identity of "if. honapartiP' 

 with this species ; this has become a settled issue. It is curious to note 

 how, in striving to separate the supposed species, Audubon was led un- 

 wittingly to deny to canadensis any occurrence iu the Southern States ; 

 he says "from Kentucky northward," but the fact is, as indicated in the 

 foregoing paragraph, that the species has a southward extension equal 

 to that of almost any United States sj)ecies of the family, excepting D. 

 striata, which probably goes to Chili. It is abundant in the woodland 

 of the Carobnas, Virginia, and Maryland, during the migrations; some 

 Individuals stop to breed in the Middle States and Southern New En- 

 gland, but the majority reach a latitude in British America correspond- 

 ent to that of most other species of the family. Its habits are not 

 peculiar in comparison with those of its congeners. 



The nest of this species is a rude aud bulky structure, which would 

 scarcely be attributed to so delicate a bird. The description is taken 

 from the only one I have seen, collected at Lynn, Massachusetts, by Mr. 

 G. Welch, it is irregular iu contour, about four inches in one diameter 

 and nearly six in the other, though less than two inches deep. It is 

 composed chieiiy of dried pine-needles, closely laid together, but with 

 these are mixed a number of leaves, chiefly outside and below, some 

 fibrous strips and weed-stalks. The cavity itself is very small, neatly fin- 

 ished, and lined with a quantity of black horse-hair. This nest contained 

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