AVES. 181 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



VIREONIDAE. 



Vireo noveboracensis (Gmel.). DeKay, Zool. New York, 1844, 

 vol. 2, p. 122, pi. 36, fig. 78. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 7, fig. 10. 

 Bushy thickets; nest pensile in bushes. 



Me. — Doubtfully recorded. 



N. H. — Several unsatisfactory records: Chesterfield, Man- 

 chester. 



Vt. — Accidental visitor: Brattleboro; ? St. Johnsbury, various 

 records (Clark); Townshend, 1893. 



Mass. — Rare local summer resident near coast and in southern 

 valleys (Sheffield). May 2-Sept. 27 (Oct. 30). Eggs, May 22- 

 June 18. 



R. I. — Uncommon local summer resident. May 7-Sept. 18. 

 Eggs, June 2, 3. 



Conn. — Common summer resident in southern part and Con- 

 necticut valley. May 2-Sept. Eggs, June 9-12. 



334. Vireo bellii Audubon 

 Bell's Vireo. 



Aud., Birds of Amer., 1844, vol. 7, p. 333, pi. 485. "Shores 



AND PRAIRIES OF THE UPPER MISSOURI." 



Bushy thickets; nest pensile in bushes or low trees. 

 N. H. — Accidental visitor: Durham, Nov. 19, 1897. 



MNIOTILTIDAE. 



335. Mniotilta varia (Linne) Vieillot. 



Black and white warbler; Black and white creeper. 



Chapman, Warblers No. Amer., 1907, p. 39, pi. 2, figs. 4, 5. 

 Egg, Capen, L886, pi. 3, figs. 2, 3. 



Motacil/a varia Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, p. 333. 

 "in Jamaica, Dominica." 



Deciduous and mixed woods; nests on the ground. 



