AVES. 197 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



MNIOTILTIDAE. 



Conn. Uncommon summer resident. (April 27) May 1- 

 Sept. 15. Eggs, May 27-June 25. 



361. Seiurus aurocapillus (Linne) Swainson. 

 Oven-bird; Golden-crowned thrush. 



Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 365; Allen, 

 Auk, 1894, vol. 11, pi. 2. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 5, figs. 4, 5. 



Motacilla aurocapilla Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, p. 

 334. "in Pennsylvania." 



Forests and groves; nests on the ground. 



Me. Common migrant and summer resident. (April 23) 

 May 5-Sept. 28. Eggs, May 30- June 10 (July 29). 



N. H. Common migrant and summer resident below 3000 ft. 

 May 3-Oet. 2. Eggs, June 2-July 5. 



Vt. Common migrant and summer resident. May 5 fall. 

 Eggs, June 7. 



Mass. Common migrant and summer resident. (April 30) 

 May 2-Sept. 27 (Dec. 30, 1881, Watertown). Eggs, May 17- 

 June 16 (July 8). 



R. I. Common migrant and summer resident. May 2- 

 Sept. 28. Eggs, May 19-30. 



Conn. Common migrant and summer resident (April 26) 

 May 3-Sept. Eggs, May 20-July 10. 



362. Seiurus noveboracensis (Gmelin) Bonaparte. 



Water-thrush; New York Accentor; Northern water-thrush; 

 Wagtail warbler; Water wagtail. 



Ridgway, Bull. 50, U. S. nat. mus., 1902, pt. 2, p. 642. Egg, 

 Capen, 1886, pi. 5, figs. 6, 7. 



Motacilla noveboracensis Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 2, 

 p. 958. "in Louisiana, & Noveboraci sepibus." 



Tardus aquaticus Wils. Audubon, Ornith. biogr., 1839, vol. 5, 

 p. 284, pi. 433, fig. 7. 



