184 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



MNIOTILTIDAE. 



N. H. — Rare in spring and early summer in southernmost part ; 

 may breed. May, June. 



Vt. — Rare migrant; ? "rare summer resident" (Perkins). 

 Spring; (Oct. 26, 1907, Woodstock). 



Mass. — Uncommon summer resident, mainly in eastern part. 

 (May 4) May 7-Sept. 1 (Oct. 8). Eggs, June 1-20. 



R. I. — Rare summer resident. 



Conn. — Uncommon summer resident. (May 3) May 12- 

 Aug. 24. Eggs, May 29-June 4. 



340. Helminthophila rubricapilla (Wilson) Faxon. 

 Nashville warbler. 



Sylvia rubricapilla Wils., Amer. ornith., 1811, vol. 3, p. 120, pi. 

 27, fig. 3; vol. 6, p. xv. "Tennesee. . . .not far from Nash- 

 ville." 



Helinaia rubricapilla (Wils.). Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1841, 

 vol. 2, p. 103, pi. 113. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 3, figs. 9, 10. 



Open woodland and thickets bordering swamps; nests on the 

 ground. 



Me. — Common migrant and summer resident. (April 30) May 

 4-Sept. 27 (Oct. 4). Eggs, June 3- July 10. 



N. H. — Common migrant and summer resident up to 4500 ft. 

 (April 30) May 4-Sept. 13. Eggs, May 25- June 8. 



Vt. — Common migrant and summer resident. May 3— fall. 



Mass. — Common migrant and less common summer resident, 

 accidental in winter. (April 20, 28) May 2-Sept. 25 (Oct. 14; 

 Jan. 1890, Swampscott). Eggs, May 21- June 21. 



R. I. — Common migrant and uncommon summer resident. 

 May 4-Sept. 17. Eggs, May 22- June 1. 



Conn. — Common migrant and uncommon summer resident. 

 (April 22, 1889, Bridgeport) May 5-Sept. Eggs, May 30-June 8. 



