186 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCIXES. 



MNIOTILTIDAE. 



R. I. — Rare migrant. May IS; 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, :\Iay 31- June 17. 



N. H. — Common migrant and less common summer resident 

 below 3000 ft. (Ai)ril 30) ^lay 3-Oct. 1. Eggs, :\Iay 31-June 12. 



Vt. — Common migrant and less common summer resident. 

 I\Iay 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. ISIay 2-Oct. 15 (Oct. 20). Eggs, (ISIay 18) INIay 29- June 

 22 (Aug.). 



344. Dexdroica tigrina (Gmelin) Baird. 

 Cape May warbler. 



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

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



Motacilla tigrina Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 985. 

 "Canada." 



