AVES. 215 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



SYLVIIDAE. 



Conn. Common migrant and winter resident. Oct. 13-May. 



391. Regtjlus calendula (Linne) Liechtenstein. 

 Ruby-crowned kinglet; Ruby-crested wren. 



Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1841, vol. 2, p. 168, pi. 133. 



Mofacilla calendula Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 17G6, vol. 1, p. 337. 

 " Pennsylvania." 



Spruce and fir forests, and in migrations, tree groAvth generally; 

 nests in conifers. 



Me. Common migrant and probably a rare summer resident 

 in northern part (Ft. Kent, with young; near Bangor, nest without 

 eggs). April 14-May 16 (May 23); (summer); Sept. 25-Oct. 22. 



N. H. Common migrant. April 14-May 11; Sept. 9-Oct. 20. 



Vt. Common migrant. April 11; fall. 



Mass. Common migrant ; casual in winter (at Highland Light, 

 Jan. 15, 1892; Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Dec. 23, 1899). April 5- 

 May 13; Sept. 23-Nov. 20 (winter). 



R.I. Common migrant. April-May 6; Oct. 



Conn. Common migrant. April ll-(May 16) ; Oct. 13-Nov. 24. 



392. Polioptila caerulea (Linne) Sclater. 

 Blue-gray gnatcatcher. 



Motacilla caerulea Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, p. 337. 

 "Pensylvania." 



Culicivora coerulea Lath. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1840, 

 vol. 1 , p. 244, pi. 70. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 2, fig. 3. 



Woodlands; nests in trees. 



Me. Accidental visitor: Cape Elizabeth, Aug. 29, 1880; April 

 18, 1896. 



N. H., Vt. Doubtfully recorded. 



Mass. Accidental visitor (? may once have bred near Taunton). 

 Aug. 27-Dec. 18. 



