180 THE WARBLERS. 
It is a scarce species, arriving in the second or 
week in May, and remaining till the first of June. In 
habits it is shy and retiring, hiding itself in the thickest 
age. It sometimes utters an agreeable song. Accordi 
Giraud, it has been found breeding near Williams 
Mass. 
Another warbler, vying in beauty with the last, is 
Black and Yellow Warbler (D. maculosa) ; and, to add 
its attractiveness, its song is no less pleasing to the ear 
its colors to the eye. About the middle of May it arriv 
sometimes in great abundance, and again in very small 
bers, in some seasons being scarcely seen at all; in fall it 
not as common as in spring. Its notes are very soft and mie 
sical; like the vireos, it sings while engaged in 3 
searching for food. It often darts after its prey, in the mi 
ner of the redstart, spreading its tail at the same time, ; 
to exhibit its beauty. In its motions, it is very q™ 
scarcely less so than the black-poll ; in its choice of abode, 
seems to have no particular preference, haunting alike t 
woods, orchards, roadsides, and gardens. as 
The Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) is the only repre 
tive we have of the Setophagew, a subdivision of the 
bler family, noted for the extreme brilliancy of their plum 
There are several species in Mexico and the adjacent po 
of the United States, but only one ever enters the No 
or Middle States. The redstart is so named, it is supp 
from the color of its tail (German roth, red ; and stert, 
and no more appropriate name could have been found t 
tinguish it, at least in the case of our bird; for ofi 
characteristics, that which at once strikes the gr: 
first seeing it, is its broad red tail. In the woods? 
easily be recognized, however far off, or however mome 
the glimpse one catches of it, by the peculiar motion ® 
tail, which it flirts about from side to side, opening # 
ting it occasionally like a fan. Although Wilson stat 
the redstart remains all the summer in Pennsylval 














