. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttal's Manual. Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. rt of t^>'-- cvid'.'iicc n Mcxiro ic Missis- ManitolM. )i Illinois. n tlic an hilo otluis thence to rant^e on ivst lialf of movenieiit )liio. and it friend Wil- lulon. 'I'li'^- and felUnv- ,-, Manit(ili:\. wanip, â''^ â ; arc CXCeed- he branelKS tlie thi^.l^e^l I Canibiid'j:^^' len distvulicd dsat as enm- |den-cro\\iH'd )les l>i-ei!ii>'- same liitcli. WORM-EATING \VAR15LER. Hklmii'IIkkls vi;()rls. CiiAU. Above,
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttal's Manual. Birds; Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. rt of t^>'-- cvid'.'iicc n Mcxiro ic Missis- ManitolM. )i Illinois. n tlic an hilo otluis thence to rant^e on ivst lialf of movenieiit )liio. and it friend Wil- lulon. 'I'li'^- and felUnv- ,-, Manit(ili:\. wanip, â''^ â ; arc CXCeed- he branelKS tlie thi^.l^e^l I Canibiid'j:^^' len distvulicd dsat as enm- |den-cro\\iH'd )les l>i-ei!ii>'- same liitcli. WORM-EATING \VAR15LER. Hklmii'IIkkls vi;()rls. CiiAU. Above, olive; iiead \n\\{, with four >trii)cs of black ; beneath, lii;:l, paler on belly. ;th 5'2 to 5*4 inches. .\. 7. On the t;round, often covered by a bush, or beside a fallen log; of , moss, and grass, hned with moss, line grass, or hair. /â \,; 3-6 (usually 5) ; variable in shape and coli>r-, white, sometimes wiiii luitf or i)ink lint, marked with tine spots of reddish brown and , o,;o X These birds arrive in Pennsylvania al)ont the midiUe of May. .mil migrate to the South towards the (â K)se of Septem- ber; I hey were seen feeding their young in tliat State about ihc J5th of June by Wilson, so that some ])airs stay and breed there. They are very aetive and indefatigable insertdiunters, ami have the note and many of the manners of the Marsh 'ritmoiise or Chiekadee. About the 4th of October I have seen a jiair of these birds roving through the branches of trees witlt restless agility, hanging on the twigs and examining the tnnd<s. ill <iuest probably of spiders and other lurking and dorm nit itiseets and their larvae. One of them likewise kept uj) a con- stant complaining call, like the sound of A//(- i/r dc. .\ecording to Richardson this species visits the fur coun- tries, where a single specimen was pro(ined at ("umbedanil Huiise, on the banks of the Saskatchewan, ll is found also in and the British Provinces of New
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