BIRDS OBSERVED IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY 



summer resident. I saw a pair which I fully identified 

 near my home in Kent, on May 25, 1907, I was unable 

 to find them subsequently. In late July, 1904, Mr. Carl- 

 ton Schaller, who is familiar with this species in the 

 Middle States, saw in Kent an adult of this warbler feed 

 one of a family party of fully fledged young. 



167. Blue-winged Warbler. Hehninthophila pinus. A rare 



summer resident or migrant. Mr. Woodruff has four 

 records for Litchfield. Mr. George E. Hix, who is well 

 acquainted with the species, saw two specimens in Kent 

 in August, 1907. Doctor Bishop saw one in New Preston, 

 June 10, 1900. 



168. Golden-winged Warbler. Helminthophila chrysoptera. A 



rare summer resident or migrant. I saw it several times 

 in Kent in May and June, 1907, and think that a pair 

 bred near my home, but I was unable to discover the nest. 

 Mr. Woodruff found specimens in Litchfield in 1905, from 

 May 7 to June 1. 



169. Nashville Warbler. Helminthophila ruficapilla. Rather 



common as a migrant, but less so as a summer resident, 

 though not rare as such. On May 29, 1907, I found a 

 nest in Kent with five eggs, and on July 5, 1906, saw a 

 small flock of them in lonely woods in Salisbury. 



170. Tennessee Warbler. Helminthophila peregrina. Gener- 



ally a rare migrant, but sometimes numerous in migratory 

 bird-waves. ]\Ir. Woodruff took five specimens in Litch- 

 field, May 19-24, 1905, on the latter date noting at least 

 six. Mr. J. S. Dutcher has likewise seen it temporarily 

 common in Watertown. On June 3, 1907, I saw one in 

 Kent so chilled in a cold rainstorm that I could almost 

 catch it. 

 171 Parula Warbler. Compsothlypsis americana usnese. A 

 common migrant, breeding in small numbers, sometimes 

 in straggling colonies, in swamps or tracts where the gray 

 usnea moss hangs from the trees. There is quite a 

 colony in Litchfield which was shown to me by Mr. 

 Woodruff, and Mr. Williams found a small breeding 



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