l62 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



feeding a well-fledged nestling in the swampy woods ; later, the 

 same day, the male secured (C. G. Voorhees).^ 



Oporornis agilis (Wilson). Connecticut Warbler. 



A tolerably common fall migrant in late September and early 

 October; shy, and frequenting damp young woods with dense 

 undergrowth ; unknown in the spring. 



Earliest record. New Haven, Sept. 12, 1904; Portland, Sept. 

 7, 1899; Litchfield, Sept. i, 1893 (E. S. W.) ; East Hartford, 

 Sept. I, 1887 (W. E. T.). 



Latest record. New Haven, Oct. 8, 1909, Oct. 13, 1906 (E. 

 S. W.) ; Portland, Oct. 12, 1909; Litchfield, Oct. 11, 1900 (E. S. 

 W.) ; Easton, Oct. 3, 1908 (H. W. B.). 



This warbler is reported by E. S. W. as tolerably common in 

 the fall at Litchfield. L. B. B. has a dozen or so records from 

 New Haven, and J. H. S. an equal number from Portland. At 

 other places it seems to be rather rare. Porter reporting it from 

 Stamford only once (Sept. 28, 1893), Perry and Beers at Bridge- 

 port once (Sept. 15, 1904), and Hoyt from Washington once 

 (Oct. 10, 1904). 



Adult males seem to be very rare, one being taken Sept. 2"], 

 1886, by H. W. F., another Sept., 1893, by A. H. V. (in coll. of 

 Porter), and one seen Oct. 5, 1901, by L. B. B. Taken at Port- 

 land, Sept. 23, 25, Oct. 5, 1893, by W. E. T. (in coll. of J. H. S.). 



Oporornis Philadelphia (Wilson). Mourning Warbler. 



A rare late spring and fall migrant. 



Connecticut records. Merriam* records the following: May, 



1875, Milford, male and female killed (Grinnell) ; May 15, 17, 



1876, New Haven (Osborn) ; May 24, 1876, New Haven, male 

 (Bragg) ; May 25, 1876, New Haven, two males (Dayan) ; May 

 27, 1876, New Haven, several seen (Merriam) ; May 25, 1877, 

 Savin Rock, New Haven, male (Merriam). Other records are: 

 May 30, 1877, Saybrook (J. H. S.) ; May 30, 1879, Whitneyville, 

 female (Woolsey, in Peabody Museum) ; May 23, 1882, Deep 

 River, male (H. W. F., in Brewster collection) ; May 8, 1885, 

 Litchfield, two seen (L. B. W.) ; Sept. 24, 1891, Litchfield, a 

 female, the only fall record (E. S. W.) ; May 17, 18, 1892, New 



^Auk, X, I, p. 86. 



•Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 23. 



