AVES. 201 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



MNIOTILTIDAE. 



368. Geothlypis trichas (Linne) Cabanis. 



Maryland yellowthroat; Black-masked ground warbler; Yel- 

 lowthroat. 



Turd/us trickas Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, p. 293. 

 "in America septentrionali." 



Geothlyjris trickas brack idacti/la (Swains.). Chapman, Warblers 

 No. Amer., 1907, p. 251, pi. 20, fig. 3-5. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 5, 

 fig. 9-11. 



Weed patches and thickets near water; nests on or near the 

 ground. 



Me. — Common migrant and summer resident. May 6-Oct. 

 13 (Oct. 22). Eggs, May 28- June 12. 



X. H. — Common migrant and summer resident at lower eleva- 

 tions. May 6-Oct. 7. Eggs, June 3-21. 



Vt. — Common migrant and summer resident. Eggs, June 2. 



Mass. — Common migrant and summer resident; accidental in 

 winter. (April 30) May 2-Oct. 21 (winter). Eggs, May 24- 

 June 17. 



R. I. — Common migrant and summer resident. (April 22)-Oct. 

 17. Eggs, May 25- June 5. 



Conn. — Common migrant and summer resident. (April 29) 

 May 4-Xov. 1. Eggs, May 22-June 18. 



369. Icteria virens (Linne) Baird. 



Yellow-breasted chat; Ghost-bird (Indian); Yellow chat. 



Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, vol. 4, p. 162, pi. 244. Egg, 

 Capen, 1886, pi. 5, figs. 14, 15. 



Tiirdus virens Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 171. 

 "America." 



Bushy thickets; nests in low bushes. 



Me. — Accidental visitor (five instances). June 6-Oct. 5. 



