Dusky, Gray, and Slate-colored 



Minnesota and Michigan. Laurel thickets and moist undergrowth 

 of woods in the United States, and more commonly pine woods 

 in Canada, are the favorite nesting haunts. A sharp :{ip, ^ip, 

 like some midsummer insect's noise, is the bird's call-note, but its 

 love-song, :{ee, \ee, \ee, or twee, twea, twea-e-e, as one authority 

 writes it, is only rarely heard in the migrations. It is a languid, 

 drawling little strain, with an upward slide that is easily drowned 

 in the full bird chorus of May. 



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