AVES. 199 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



MNIOTILTIDAE. 



Wooded borders of streams; nests on the ground or among tree 

 roots. 



Me. — Accidental visitor: Norway, May, 1865 {nee Waterville, 

 1865). 



N. H.— Doubtfully recorded (Dublin). 



Vt. — Doubtfully recorded (Brattleboro, "fall"). 



Mass. — Rare visitor and summer resident (Berkshire Co. and 

 Connecticut valley). April 13- July 28. 



R. I. — Rare summer resident. May 2. Eggs, May 15-28. 



Coxx. — Uncommon summer resident in southern part. (Feb. 

 15, 1882, ? Saybrook) April 13-July. Eggs, May 6-June 10. 



365. Opororxis Formosa (Wilson) Baird. 



Kentucky warbler. 



Chapman, Warblers No. Amer., 1907, p. 235, pi. 18, figs. 1, 2. 

 Sylvia formosa Wils., Amer. ornith., 1811, vol. 3, p. 85, pi. 25, 

 fig. 3. "Kextucky axd Texxessee." 



Undergrowth of swampy woods; nests on or near the ground. 



Vt. — Accidental visitor: Lunenburg, May 30, 1905; also a 

 former doubtful record (Taftsville, May 19, 1884). 



Mass. — Accidental visitor: Wellesley, May 14, 1907; also 

 doubtfully recorded from Lynn. 



R. I. — Accidental visitor: Newport, spring of 1890. 



Coxx. — Rare summer visitor (Lyme; Suffield, Aug. 16, 1876; 

 West Stratford, May 30, 1888) and summer resident (Greenwich, 

 with nestlings, July 10, 1892). 



366. Opororxis agilis (Wilson) Baird. 



Connecticut warbler. 



Chapman, Warblers No. Amer., 1907, p. 241, pi. 18, figs. 3, 4. 

 Sylvia agilis Wils., Amer. ornith., 1812, vol. 5, p. 64, pi. 39, 

 fig. 4. "Coxxecticut." 



