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The Edmundston birds were seen in early June, and those secured 
proved to be males. As they sang with great frequency, they were 
easily discovered, and were invariably found amid the top branches 
of high spruce and fir trees on the crest of a hill. We were anxious 
to obtain a nest, and of course hunted through these high branches, 
little thinking that this coterie of Benedicts were making holiday 
while their industrious but neglected spouses were attending to 
housekeeping affairs down yonder in the valley. We learned the 
song, however, and discovered that its theme resembled somewhat 
the simple lay of the Nashville, though the voice is neither so 
full nor so sweet, recalling rather the thin, wiry tones of the Black 
and White Creeper. 
CANADIAN WARBLER. 
SYLVANIA CANADENSIS. 
Cuar. Above, bluish ash; crown marked with black; line from bill 
around the eyes, yellow ; line from beneath the eyes to sides of breast 
black; under parts yellow spotted with black, the spots forming a line or 
crescent across the breast; throat unspotted. Length 5 to 534 inches. 
Nest. On the ground, sometimes near border of a stream or by a moist 
meadow, placed on side of mound or among upturned roots of a tree ; com- 
posed of grass and stems, lined with hair. 
£ges. 4-5; white or creamy, spotted, chiefly around the larger end, 
with brown and lilac ; 0.70 X 0.50. 
This is a rare summer species in the Atlantic States, appear- 
ing singly, and for a few days only, on the passage north or 
south in the spring or autumn. ‘These birds breed in Canada 
and Labrador, and are more abundant in mountainous interior, 
— the route by which they principally migrate. They winter 
in the tropical regions, are then silent, and, like the rest of 
their tribe, very active in darting through the branches after 
insects. 
Audubon found this species breeding in the Great Pine 
Forest of the Pokono in Pennsylvania, as well as in Maine, the 
British Provinces, and Labrador. They have a short, unattrac- 
tive note in the spring, and in the mountains where they dwell 
they have a predilection for the shady borders of streams where 
laurels grow. 
