PERCHING BIRDS 
685b. Golden Pileolated Warbler. Wil- 
sonia pusilla cliryseola. 
Range. — Pacific coast of North America, breed- 
ing from southern California in mountain ranges 
north to British Columbia. 
686. Canadian Warbler. Wilsonia canaden- 
sis. 
Range. — 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 
a black stripe down the sides of 
the neck and across the breast in 
a broken band. They frequent 
swamps or open woods with a 
heavy growth of underbrush, 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, the 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 .68 
x .50. Data. — Worcester, Mass., June 10, 1831. 
Nest on the ground under laurel roots in swampy 
woods; made entirely of strips of laurel bark 
lined with fine grass. 
687- 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 spotted 
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. 
White 
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