. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 677 blackish spots on front of crown; black streaks on breast replaced by dusky. Immature females show the breast streaks but faintly if at all. Length, 5-3°; wing, ; tail, ; bill, .37. A common migrant in Illinois and Wisconsin in spring and fall. According to Messrs. Kumlien and Hollister a few nest in northern Wisconsin. They say: " A common migrant during the latter part of May and again in September. A few nest in central and north- ern Wisconsin, along the borders of heml
. The birds of Illinois and Wisconsin. Birds; Birds. Jan., 1909. Birds of Illinois and Wisconsin — Cory. 677 blackish spots on front of crown; black streaks on breast replaced by dusky. Immature females show the breast streaks but faintly if at all. Length, 5-3°; wing, ; tail, ; bill, .37. A common migrant in Illinois and Wisconsin in spring and fall. According to Messrs. Kumlien and Hollister a few nest in northern Wisconsin. They say: " A common migrant during the latter part of May and again in September. A few nest in central and north- ern Wisconsin, along the borders of hemlock swamps, but the great majority pass beyond our borders to summer. King mentions tak- ing a fully- fledged young bird near Worcester, July 19, 1876 (i), and a pair were seen feeding young, which were flying about on July 12, 1882, in Door County, to the northward of Sturgeon Bay (L. K.)." (Birds of Wisconsin, 1903, p. 120.) Genus SETOPHAGA Swainson. 337. Setophaga ruticilla (Linn.). Redstart. Distr.: North America, north to Hudson Bay and the Mackenzie region, breeding from North Carolina and northern Mississippi northward; winters in the West Indies, Central America, and northern South America. Adult male: Sides of body and a broad band on wings and tail, reddish orange or salmon color, brightest on the sides; middle of lower breast, belly and under tail coverts, white; rest of plumage, black; basal half of primaries and most of secondaries, salmon, the ends, brownish black; middle tail feathers, brownish black, the rest salmon color, broadly tipped with brownish black; bill, dark, flat- tened and wide at base and with numerous rictal bristles approach- ing that of a Flycatcher. Adult female: Orange red mark- ing of the male on sides, wings and tail replaced by yellow, no black an3rwhere; crown, ashy; back, olive gray; throat and under parts, white. Immature male: Similar to female the first season, and later throat and upper parts mixed black and Redstart (m
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