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SINGING BIRDS. 
The Canadian Warbler is common during the migrations, from 
the Atlantic to the Mississippi, and though breeding chiefly north of 
43°, some pairs nest in Massachusetts, New York, southern Ontario, 
and Illinois. It has been taken in Labrador and is common in 
Manitoba. It winters in Central America. 
YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER. 
DenDROICA DOMINICA. 
Char. Above, grayish ash ; forehead and sides of head, black ; line 
from nostril to hind neck, yellow ; wing-bars white ; beneath, yellowish 
white ; chin and throat rich yellow ; sides of breast streaked with black. 
Length 4^4" to 5^+ inches. 
A'est In an open grove or the edge of heavy woods, on top of horizontal 
branch or at the forks of a limb, or “ concealed in pendant moss,” 20 to 90 
feet from the ground ; made of grass-weed stems, strips of bark, and moss, 
lined with vegetable fibre, horse-hair, or feathers. 
A’jCgrr- 3-5 ; white, tinged with green, spotted around the larger end 
with brown and lilac; 0.70 X 0.50. 
These elegant and remarkable birds reside in the West 
Indies, and also migrate in considerable numbers into the 
southern parts of the United States, particularly Louisiana and 
Georgia, whence indeed they only absent themselves in the 
two inclement months of December and January. They are 
seen in February in Georgia, but very rarely venture as far 
north as Pennsylvania. The song is pretty loud and agreeable, 
according to Latham and Wilson, resembling somewhat the 
notes of the Indigo Bird. In the tropical countries they inhabit, 
this delicate music is continued nearly throughout the year, 
and participated also by the female, though possessed of in- 
ferior vocal powers. The bird appears to have many of the 
habits of the Creeping Warbler (S. vat'ia), running spirally 
around the trunks of the pine-trees, on which it alights, and 
ascending or descending in the active search of its insect 
fare. 
The sagacity displayed by this bird in the construction and 
situation of its nest is very remarkable. This curious fabric is 
