12 C H. Merriaiii. — Jilnls of (UymicHlcut. 



Family, MOTACILLID.^. 



24. Anthus Ludovicianus (Gmelin) Licht. Titlark. 



Common along the coast during migrations. Have taken it as late 

 as Nov. 14. It passes north in the month of Maj' (Dr, Wood). Dr. 

 Brewer says that he has " found it, sometimes iu large flocks, in open 

 country near the coast, in Massachusetts, in midwinter."* 



Family, SYLVICOLID^. 



25. Mniotilta varia (Linne) Vieillot. Black-and-white Creeper. 



A summer resident ; breeds. Particularly abundant dui'ing migra- 

 tions. Arrives late in April or early in May (April .'50, 187*7, May 2, 

 1876), remaining till October (Oct. 2). Mr. J. II. Sage writes that, 

 in company with Mr. J. N. Clark, he took a nest containing five eggs 

 of this species, at Saybrook, Conn., May 30, 1877. I shot it at New 

 Haven on June 23, and have seen several others during the breeding 

 season. Mr. Sage also took another nest containing five eggs 

 (" yoiing well developed"), at Portland, Conn., June 12, 1875. 



26. Parula Am.ericana (Linne) Bonap. Blue Yellow-backed Warbler. 



A summer resident ; breeds. One of our commonest migrants. 

 Arrives early in May (May 2d, Osborne). In the fall it is very abun- 

 dant during the middle and latter part of September, and I have taken 

 it as late as Oct. 13th. Mr. W. W. Coe showed me a number of their 

 beautiful hanging nests, composed entirely of ZTsnea, which he had 

 found about Portland, Conn. It has also been fouiul breeding near 

 New Haven (Maltby Park — Stadtmtiller Brothers). 



27. Helmitherus vermivorus (Gmelin) Bonap. Worm-eating Warbler. 



A rare summer resident ; breeds. As long ago as the year 1843, Dr. 

 J. D. Whelpley observed this species at New Haven (Linsley), and it 

 has since been taken in this vicinity by several collectors. In the 

 "Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club," (vol. ii, No. 1, Jan., 1877, p. 21), Mr. 

 H. A, Purdie states that " Mr. Shores shot a male at Suffield (Hart- 

 ford County), Conn., August 22, 1874. This is, I think, its most 

 northerly record in the Atlantic States yet noted." Also, in the 

 American Natiiralist for Nov., 1873 (vol. vii. No. 2, p. 692), the same 

 author remarks that Mr. J, N. Clark, of Saybrook, Conn., writes him 

 that he has taken "in the nesting season, Helmitherus vermivorus, 



*Bull. Nutt. Ornith. (Uub, vol. i. No. 4, p. 92. Nov. lS7(i. 



