186 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



MNIOTILTIDAE. 



R. I. Rare migrant. May 18; Sept. 18. 

 Conn. Rare migrant. May 19-27 (June 8); Sept. 24- 

 (? Nov., Clark). 



343. Compsothlypis Americana usneae Brewster. 



Northern Parula warbler; Blue yellow-backed warbler; Usnea 

 warbler. 



Brewst., Auk, 1896, vol. 13, p. 44. "Lake Umbagog, Maine." 

 Chapman, Warblers No. Amer., 1907, p. 104, pi. 8, fig. 1-3. Egg, 

 Capen, 1886, pi. 3, figs. 4, 5. 



Forests and open tree growth; nests in pendulous masses of 

 Usnea lichen. 



Me. Common migrant and uncommon local summer resident. 

 May 5-Sept. 30. Eggs, May 31-June 17. 



N. H. Common migrant and less common summer resident 

 below 3000 ft. (April 30) May 3-Oct. 1. Eggs, May 31-June 12. 



Vt. Common migrant and less common summer resident. 

 May 2-fall. 



Mass. Common migrant and less common local summer resi- 

 dent. (April 25) May 1-Oct. 10 (Nov. 19, 1881, Cambridge). 

 Eggs, May 30-July 5. 



R. I. Common migrant and uncommon local summer resident. 

 April 30-Oct. 7. Eggs, June 2-5. 



Conn. Common migrant and uncommon local summer resi- 

 dent. May 2-Oct. 15 (Oct. 20). Eggs, (May 18) May 29- June 

 22 (Aug.).* 



344. Dendroica tigrina (Gmelin) Baird. 

 Cape May warbler. 



Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 352. Egg, 

 Capen, 1886, pi. 4, fig. 15. 



MotaciUa tigrina Grnel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 985. 

 "Canada." 



