104 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Empidonax virescens (Vieillot). Acadian Flycatcher. 



A rare summer resident of the southern border of the state; 

 most common west of Stamford. 



Earliest record. Stamford, May 17, 1890 (Hoyt), 



Latest record. Stamford, Sept. 19, 1893 (Porter). 



Spring records. June 24, 1874, Suffield, one taken (Shores) ;^ 

 May 17, 1890, Stamford, male taken (Hoyt, in coll. of L. B. B.) ; 

 June 13, 1 89 1, New Haven, male taken (Hedges, in coll. of L. 

 B. B.) ; June 3, 1896, Guilford, male taken (L. B. B.). 



Breeding records. Spring, 1875, Stamford, nest with five 

 eggs (Hoyt) ; June 25, 1893, Greenwich, nest with three young 

 (Voorhees) ;- June 2, 1894, Stamford, nest with three eggs 

 (Rowell) ; May 20, 1903, Danbury, one pair, believed to be breed- 

 ing, collected (Hamlin) ; June 2, 1906, Stamford, two nests with 

 three eggs each, two other pairs of breeding birds, six old nests, 

 fotmd (Porter).^ Mr. Porter describes the nests as always 

 loosely thrown together with shreds hanging down from the 

 sides ; made of hemlock bark or grass. 



Empidonax trailli alnorum Brew^ster. Alder Fl3xatcher. 



A rare late spring and late summer migrant; regular summer 

 resident in northwestern part of the state. 



Spring migration. Earliest record. New Haven, May 26, 

 1909; Litchfield, May 27, 1905 (E. S. W.). Latest record. New 

 Haven, May 31, 1904. 



Fall migration. Earliest record. New Haven, Aug. 9, 1904. 

 Latest record. New Haven, Sept. 7, 1905 ; Litchfield, Sept. 28, 

 1900 (E. S. W.). 



Breeding records. June 22, 1886, Litchfield, nest with three 

 well incubated eggs (L. B. W.) ; June 12, 1900, Warren, un- 

 finished nest found, and a female, which would have laid in a 

 few days, taken (A. H. V. and L. B. B.) ; June 13, 1905, Litch- 

 field, three nests found, containing two sets of four eggs each 

 and one of three eggs, nests in alders and a spruce, between i and 

 2 feet from the ground (E. S. W.) ; June 18, 1906, Litchfield, 

 nest with four eggs (E. S. W.). 



IMerriam, Birds of Conn., p. 58. 

 "^Auk, xi, 3, p. 259. 

 ^Auk, xxiv, I, p. 99. 



