This species seems to use the Mississippi Valley for Spring migration altho it resembles the Nashville so closely that it is possible some go north thru the eastern states and are mistaken for rubricapilla. Little is known of its habits. Seton compares its song to the Chipping Sparrow's, altho more musical and in a higher key. Jones says the song is full and strong, not high-pitched and ending on a rising scale.
NEST: Probably similar to its subspecies; no authentic information is on record.
Eastern and central North America, north to Alaska, central Keewatin and Manitoba.
A contorted 25-foot tree distributed along streams from coast of North Carolina to Appalachian Mountains and thru Gulf states to Matagunda Bay, Texas.