PERCHING BIRDS 



tiSSb. Golden Pileolated WAniiLEH. Tl'il- 

 sonia pusilla chryseola. 



Range. — Pacific coast of North America, breed- 

 ing from southern California in mountain ranges 

 north to British Columbia. 



b'Sti. Canadian Warbler. JVUxonia canaden- 



Rauge. — Eastern North America, breeding from 

 Mass., New York, and Michigan north to Labrador 

 and Hudson Bay; winters in Central America. 



This handsome Warbler is plain 

 gray above and yellow below, with 

 <V ' . a black stripe down the sides of 



.|fl|j^/' the neck and across the breast in 



^^^^'^' a broken band. They frequent 



swamps or open woods with a 

 whitu heavy growth of underbrusli, where 



they build their nests on or very close to the 

 ground. I have always found them in Massachu- 

 setts nesting about the roots of laurels, tlie nests 

 being made of strips of bark, leaves and grass; 

 in June or the latter part of May they lay from 

 three to five white eggs, specked and wreathed 

 with reddish brown and neutral tints; size .(JS 

 X .50. Data. — Worcester, Mass., June 10, 1891. 

 Nest on the ground under laurel roots in swampy 

 woods; made entirely of strips of laurel bark 

 lined with fine grass. 



(i87. American Redstart. Setophaga 

 ruticilla. 



Canadian Warblers 



American Redstart 



Range. — North America, chiefly east of the 

 Rockies, breeding in the northern half of the 

 United States and north to Labrador and Alaska; 

 winters south of our borders. 



The male of this handsome, active and well known species is black with a 

 white belly, and orange patches on the sides, wings and bases of outer tail 

 feathers. They breed abundantly in swamps, open woods or 

 thickets by the roadside, placing their nests in trees or bushes 

 at elevations of from three to thirty feet above ground and 

 usually in an upright fork. The nests are very compactly 

 made of fibres and grasses, felted together, and lined with 

 hair. Their eggs are white, variously blotched and sipotted 

 with brown and gray; size .65 x .50. Data. — Chili, N. Y.", June 

 1, 1894. Nest, a cup-shaped structure of plant fibres lined with fine grasses 

 and hair; 4 feet from the ground in the crotch of a small chestnut. 



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