204 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



MNIOTILTIDAE. 



Conn. — Common migmnt and rare local summer resident 

 (Portland). (May G) May 12-fall. E<rjr.s, May 30. 



373. Setophaga ruticilla (Linne) Swainson. 

 American redstart. 



Chajiman, Warblers No. Amer., 1907, p. 287, pi. 23, fig. 1-3. 

 Egg, Capen, 1SS6, pi. 6, fig. 5. 



Motacilla ruticilla Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 186. 

 "America." 



Orchards, shade and forest trees; nests in trees. 



Me. — Common migrant and summer resident. May 4-Oct. 1 

 (Oct. 13). Eggs, June 2-30. 



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

 May 4-Oct. 5. Eggs, May 30- June 13. 



Vt. — Common migrant and summer resident. May 8-fall. 



Mass. — Common migrant and summer resident. (April 13, 

 23, 30) May 4-Oct. 12 (Nov. 1, 1908, Arnold arboretum). Eggs, 

 May 29-June 21. 



R. I. — Common migrant and summer resident. May 1-Sept. 8. 

 Eggs, June 1-13. 



Conn. — Common migrant and summer resident. jNIay 3- 

 Oct. 16 (Oct. 26). Eggs, INIay 20-June 27. 



MOTACILLIDAE. 



374. Anthus rubescens (Tunstall) A. O. U. comm. 

 American pipit; Brown lark; Titlark; Wagtail. 



Alauda ruhescens Tunstall, Ornith. Britannica, 1771, p. 2. 

 No locality; based on Red lark from London and North America 

 {fide Oberholser). 



Anthus pensilvaniciis (Lath.). Ridgway, Bull. 50, U. S. nat. 

 mus., 1904, pt. 3, p. 12. 



Anthus pipiens Audubon, Ornith. biogr., 1832, vol. 1, pi. 80. 



