. The warblers of New England . t of June. Song. Wilsons Warbler ordinarily gives a low warbling;song, and occasionally a harsher series of notes like zee zee AMERICAN i WARBLERS. 119 zee zee-e. It has a low, but rather sharp, chirp of alarm orof annoyance. Migration and Breeding Range. I found this specieson May i6, 1876, at AYilliamsport, Pennsylvania. It has beenfound in Massachusetts from May 7 to the last of the breeds in the extreme north-eastern portion of Maine andnorthward to Hudsons Bay. In autumn it passes us in earlySeptember, but a few linger until the last of the month.
. The warblers of New England . t of June. Song. Wilsons Warbler ordinarily gives a low warbling;song, and occasionally a harsher series of notes like zee zee AMERICAN i WARBLERS. 119 zee zee-e. It has a low, but rather sharp, chirp of alarm orof annoyance. Migration and Breeding Range. I found this specieson May i6, 1876, at AYilliamsport, Pennsylvania. It has beenfound in Massachusetts from May 7 to the last of the breeds in the extreme north-eastern portion of Maine andnorthward to Hudsons Bay. In autumn it passes us in earlySeptember, but a few linger until the last of the month. Ifound it at AVatsontown, Pennsylvania, as early as August 27,1875, and continued to find a few as late as September 28. Itwinters in eastern Mexico. CANADIAN WARBLER. Wilsonia canadensis. Plate XII, Fig. 1, male: P^ig. 2, female. Size, medium, to Above, slaty gray ; yellowbeneath, v,ith a necklace of black spots crossing breast. Rath-er common. Migrates through southern, and breeds in north-ern New England. Fig. Canadian Warbler. Male. Slaty gray above, with more or less black 011 forehead and ring, line to bill, and beneath, yellow. Triangular patch beneath eye, ex- 120 CANADIAJf WARBLER. tending to base of bill, and a rather broad band of spots crossing breast, tail coverts, Mhite. Sometimes the spottings on the breast are so heavy asto form a continuous band, but are usually as given in Fig. 54. Female. Similar to the male, but tinged with greenish above : paler be-neath, with the black markings much less distinct. YorXG Male. Similar to the adult female. Young Female. With the gray of back strongly tinged with greenish, amithe markings beneath very pale, often barely indicated. Nestlings. Sti-ongly tinged with brownish above and on sides of head :lighter brown on throat, upper breast, and sides. There are two distinct wingbands of pale buff. DniENSloNS. Length, : stretch, ; wing, ; tail, : bill,.36; tarsus, .75. CoM
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