194 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



MNIOTILTIDAE. 



356. Dendroica virens (Gmelin) Baird. 

 Black-throated green warbler. 



Chapman, Warblers No. Amer., 1907, p. 157, pi. 14, fig. 1-3. 

 Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 3, fig. 15. 



MotaciUa virens Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 985. 

 " Pensilvania." 



Forest trees, particularly white pines; nests in coniferous trees 

 (once "on the ground," Brewster). 



Me. — Common migrant and summer resident. April 28-Oct. 

 13. Eggs, May 30- July 1. 



N. H. — Common migrant and summer resident mainly below 

 3000 ft. (April 26) May 1-Oct. 25. Eggs, June 2. 



Vt. — Common migrant and summer resident. May 2-fall. 



Mass. — Common migrant and summer resident. (April 20) 

 May 1-Oct. 19 (Nov. 3). Eggs, May 30-June 18. 



R. I. — Common migrant and summer resident. (April 25) 

 May 1-Oct. 13. Eggs, June 10. 



Conn. — Common migrant and uncommon local summer resi- 

 dent. (April 27) May 1-23; summer; Sept. 15-Oct. 20. Eggs, 

 May 21-June 18. 



357. Dendroica vigorsii (Audubon) Stejneger. 

 Pine warbler; Pine-creeping warbler. 



Sylvia vigorsii Aud., Ornith. biogr., 1832, vol. 1, p. 153, pi. 30. 

 "a small island of Perkioming Creek, ... .Pennsylvania." 



Sylvicola pinus Lath. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1841, vol. 2, 

 p. 37, pi. 82. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 5, figs. 2, 3. 



Coniferous woods, especially })itch-pine groves; nests in trees. 



Me. — Common migrant and uncommon local summer resident 

 mainly in southern counties. April .5-Oct. 21. Eggs, June-July 6. 



N. H. — Uncommon local summer resident north to White Mts. 

 April 6-Sept. 30. 



