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166. Icteria virens (Linn.). 



YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. 



Jright olive-green; beneath, yellow; belly, white. Length, 7^ inches. 



Very rare visitor from the south. Two instances. Male ; : 

 mherst, June 22, 1886 ; H. L.Clark. Male and female;, 

 mherst, May 18, 1887 ; H. L. Clark. Said to be now a regu- 

 : summer resident at Springfield (Morris) . 



167. Wilsonia pusilla (Linn.). 



"WILSON'S WARBLER. BLACK-CAP. 



Lbove, bright yellow-olive; beneath yellow; crown of male, blue-black, 

 ngtb, 5 inches. 



Rare and irregular migrant in May, in low wet woods. Feed& 

 insects. Beneficial. Notes, feeble and unmusical. 



168. Wilsonia canadensis (Linn.). 

 CANADIAN WARBLER. 



.bove, ashy; beneath, yellow; a necklace of black or dusky spots across 

 I breast; in male, sides of neck, black. Length, 6 inches. 



Uncommon but regular migrant in May and September, 

 .rliest arrival, May 13. Habits like the preceding but song 

 louder and sweeter. 



169. Setophaga ruticilla (Linn.). 



RED START. 



[ALE : Black; belly, white; sides and basal half of wing and tail feathers 



mon-red. 



EMALE: Ashy-olive, where male is black; yellow, where he is red.. 



igth, 6-5^ inches. 



ZJommon migrant in May, June and September and probable 

 nmer resident. Earliest arrival, May 7. Eggs 4-5, whitish, 

 )tted and blotched with brown. Nest of fine strips of bark, 

 f stalks and plant down, in the crotch of a sapling in low 

 odland. Feeds on insects. Beneficial. Notes, warbler-- 



