WARBLERS 



(686) Wilsonia canadensis 



(Linn.) 



CANADA WARBLER. Ad. d" 

 — Plumage as shown l)y the upper 

 bird; upper parts, wings and tail 

 gray; loral stripe — eye-ring and 

 under parts bright yellow, whitening 

 posteriorly; crown spotted with black; 

 sides of head and necklace blackish; 

 no while on wings or tail. Ad. 9 — 

 Duller colored as shown by the lower 

 bird; the black necklace sometimes 

 shows quite plainly and again ma)' be 

 only indicated by indistinct grayish 

 streaks. L., 5.50. Nest — Of bark 

 and fine rootlets, sunk in mossy banks 

 or under roots. 



Range — Breeds from Mass., N. Y., 

 Ont., Mich, and Minn, north to New- 

 foundland, Quebec and Keewatin. 

 Winters in northern South America. 

 With us May 12 to Sept. 15. 



one. They are most frequently found in moist woodland 

 which has a good undergrowth. As they are usually near 

 the ground, their plumage and ways can be better admired 

 than can those of birds like Blackburnians, which ordinarily 

 keep to the treetops. 



The male sings freely in spring and early summer, the notes 

 being loud and clear whistles, delivered in rapid succession, 

 like " see-we-eo-tsip, tsip, see-we-eo. " Their nests are lo- 

 cated in bushes or saplings about three feet above ground. 

 Little preference is shown in most of its range, but in north- 

 ern parts they are frequently in laurel and in southern states 

 in cane. 



Among the many species of warblers passing northward in 

 spring, we sometimes see in orchards, bushes or low trees, 

 especially along waterways, small pert little yellow birds with 

 a tiny black cap set jauntily on the top of the head. Now 

 known simply as WILSON'S WARBLERS, they formerly 

 had the formidable name of Wilson's Black-capped Fly- 



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