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



Nest. On the ground in woods with considerable under- 

 growth, though occasionally in the grass of an open field. 



Eggs. 4-5 ; the last of May. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 20, 1895, five eggs 

 (H. W. F.). Latest record. June 13, 1896, four eggs (J. H. S.) ; 

 June 16, 1884, four young and one Cowbird ( Prior) .^ 



This warbler has been heard singing as late as July 22. (1904) 

 by L. B. B. 



Protonotaria citrea (Boddaert). Prothonotary Warbler. 



The only records of this warbler for the state are, New 

 Haven, Nov. 27, 1911, a young female found dead (W. F. 

 Smith), ^ and Glastonbury, May 14, 1910, one seen plainly 

 (L. W. Ripley). 



Helmitheros vermivorus (Gmelin). Worm-eating Warbler. 



A tolerably common summer resident along the coast; occur- 

 ring rarely in the interior as far north as Kent and Portland; 

 from the middle of May until early in August. 



Earliest record. New Haven, May 6, 1904, May 3, 1892 (H. 

 W. F.) ; Portland, May 6, 1896. 



Latest record. New Haven, Aug. 22, 1903; Portland, June 

 18, 1896; Seymour, Sept. 30, 1888 (Eames). 



Nest. On the ground among dead leaves under some small 

 plant on a hillside in the woods. 



Eggs. 3-6 ; the last of May. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 20, 1891, five eggs 

 (Watrous). Latest record. June 19, 1890, five ^%Z^ (H. W. F.). 



Occurrence. This species was reported as " rare " by Mer- 

 riam^ in New Haven, but since then (1877) has become tolerably 

 common east of the city, though still rare to the west. It has 

 been taken also at East Haven (H. W. F.), Pine Orchard (L. 

 B. B.), Saybrook (J. N. C), New London (Hill), Stamford 

 (Porter), Bridgeport (Eames) ; inland, at Portland (J. H. S.), 

 Seymour (Eames), Bethel (Judd), Danbury (J. C. A. M.),Kent 

 (H. K. J.)/ Suffield ( Shores). » 



* O. and O., ix, 9, p. 109. 



* Bird-Lore, xiv, 2, p. 109. 



' Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 12. 



* Job, The Sport of Bird Study, p. 306. 



