14 C. II Merriam — Birds of Connecticut. 



28. Helminth ophaga pillUS (Linne) Baird. Blue-winged Yellow Warbler. 



A summer resident in southern Connecticut find in the Connecticut 

 Valley; breeds. Not common at New Haven. Mr. L. C. Bragg 

 took a female May 12, and I captured a male on tlie 24th, 1876. Mr. 

 J. N. Clark finds it breeding regularly, and in considerable numbers, 

 at Saybrook, Conn.* Mr. W. 11. Nichols shot one at Branford, Conn., 

 May 12th, 1877. On the 23d of June last (1877) while collecting with 

 Mi-. Wra. H. Taylor, in a piece of woods within a mile of the city of 

 New Haven, I succeeded in shooting a fine adult male of this species, 

 which Prof. Wra, D. Whitney was kind enough to mount for the 

 collection of New England birds now on exhibition in the Peabody 

 Museum of Yale College. The bird kept flitting about so actively in 

 the dense undergrowth that it was with difficulty secured. It unques- 

 tionably had a nest in the immediate vicinity. 



29. Helminthophaga Chrysoptera (Linne) Cabanis. Blue Golden- 

 winged Warbler. 



A rather rare summer resident ; breeds in the northern part of the 

 State. Mr. Walter R. Nichols shot one near New Haven August, 24, 

 1876, and Mr. Osborne tells me that he saw one in May, 1875, killed 

 by a friend of his. I have not yet met with it. The finest specimens 

 of this beautiful warbler that I have ever seen are in the cabinets of 

 Mr. Coe and Mr. Sage, of Portland, Conn. They were taken in that 

 vicinity. Mr. Sage informs me that he has seen it from May 11th, 

 (May 11 and 27, 1876) to the 30th, (May, 30, 1877, Saybrook). 

 Mr. J. N. Clark, of Saybrook, Conn., tells me that he has seen but one 

 specimen there. Mr. Erwin I. Shores writes me from Suffield, Conn. : 

 "Not common; breeds. On July 7th, 1876, I obtained a female and 

 three young just able to fly. Have taken it at two other times." 

 Dr. Crary has taken it near Hartford. 



30. Helminthophaga ruficapilla (Wilson) Baird. Nashville Warbler. 



A siunmer resident; abundant spring and autumn migrant. Arrives 

 early in May. Breeds sparingly throughout the State. 



31. Helminthophaga peregrina (Wilson) Cabanis. Tennessee Warbler. 



A rather rare migrant. Two specimens were taken near New 

 Haven during the latter part of May, 1S76 (May 24, Osborne; May 

 26, Bragg). Mr. Erwin I. Shores shot one near Suffield, Conn., June 8, 



* Am. Nat., vol. vii, No. II, p. 692. Nov. 1S73. 



