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Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Banta, Nathaniel Moore, 1867- Schneider, Albert, 1863- Higley, William Kerr, 1860-1908 Abbott, Gerard Alan
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: Chicago, American Audobon association
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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oted in Peru.It breeds in the Alleghanies and the more elevated regionsof New England and New York, northward to the limits ofits range, and westward to Manitoba. Its nests are alsooccasionally found in the northern portions of the middleUnited States. Mr. Ernest E. Thompson describes its song as loud andrasping, and gives it the following syllabic rendering:Rup-it-che, rup-it-che, rup-it-chitt-it-lit. It sings fre-quently during the spring, but becomes silent before theclose of summer. The nest of the Canadian warbler is built upon theground in woods, in shrubby fields, or in shaded swampyplaces. Audubon alone describes it as being found else-where. He writes of finding a nest in the fork of a smallbranch of laurel, not above four feet from the ground.The nest is usually placed beside a log or among roots, andis made of quite loosely arranged leaves, dried grasses andweed stalks, roots, and hair; it is lined with hair; containsfour white eggs with chestnut spots around the large end.
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AMERICAN REDSTART. Life-size. COPYRIGHT 1900, BY «. w. MUMFORO, CMICAOO WARBLERS 417 REDSTART The Redstart ranges from New York, Ohio, Indiana,and Illinois northward. With the yellow warbler, Mary-land yellow-throat, yellow-breasted chat, and oven-bird, thishandsome species represents the small detachment of war-blers that spend the summer around the southern borders ofthe Great Lakes region, especially west of Ohio. The red-start is partial to damp woodlands and shady roadsides.The males flit hurriedly from branch to branch, alternatelyspreading their tails and dropping the wings. Each move isthe personification of nervous energy. The males have beautiful patches of salmon-pink in boththe tail and wing feathers. The sides of the body are alsotinted with this beautiful shade. The style and color effectare suggestive of the markings in our towhee, but the red-start is much smaller. The plumage of the female redstartis much less conspicuous than that of her mate. The beauti-ful salmon

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