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



Oct. 26, 1892; Guilford, Nov. 22, 1894, one with slightly in- 

 jured leg taken (L. B. B.). 



A young male with the crown patch orange-buff and the entire 

 plumage more gray even than adults in spring was collected 

 in New Haven, Oct. 28, 1904, by L. B. B. 



Subfamily Polioptilin/E. Gnatcatchers, 



Polioptila caerulea caerulea (Linnaeus). Blue-gray Gnat- 

 catcher. 



Very rare summer visitant. 



Connecticut records. Linsley recorded it from Stratford;^ 

 1874 (male), 1876 (female), Wauregan, shot by C. M. Carpen- 

 ter;^ May II, 1883, Portland, male shot (in possession of J. W. 

 Lord) f Sept. i, 1885, New Haven, young male taken (L. C. 

 S.) f May 7, 1886, East Hartford, female killed (W. E. T.) f 

 April 6, 1892, Stratford, one heard (Eames).^ 



Family TURDID^. Thrushes, Solitaires, Stonechats, Blue- 

 birds, etc. 



Subfamily Turdin^. Thrushes. 



Hylocichla mustelina (Gmelin). Wood Thrush. 



A common summer resident throughout the state from May 

 till September; abundant along the southern border. 



Earliest record. New Haven, April 26, 1900; Portland, April 

 28, 1902. 



Latest record. New Haven, Oct. 3, 1895, 1903, Oct. 4, 1906 

 (E. S. W.) ; Portland, Sept. 18, 1893. 



Nest. In a sapling or tree in the deep woods, 2-25 feet from 

 the ground. Building, May 10-25. 



Eggs, 3-5 ; the last of May or first week in June. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 16, 1900, four eggs 

 (Hill). Latest record. July 22, 1904, three eggs (L. B. B.). 



Spotted eggs have occasionally been taken by J. H. S.,* 

 W. W. C.,« J. N. C.,« and W. R. Nichols. 



^ Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 8. 



^Bull. Nuttall Ornith. Club, viii, 3, p. 179. 



' O. and O., xii, 9, p. 156. 



*Auk, iii, 4, p. 487. , 



^Auk, X, I, p. 89. 



' Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 6. 



