Monthly Bulletin 7 



yellow palm warbler was seen at several points along this coast from 

 April 15 until early May. 



With the exception of the myrtle warbler and the yellow palm warb- 

 ler, the first flights of warblers in numbers were noted on May 6. The 

 arrival of the yellow warbler was State-wide on May 6 and 7, but one was 

 reported from Newburyport on May 4 The Maryland yellow-throat was 

 first noted on May 5 and appeared over the greater part of the State on 

 May 7. The magnolia warbler was first seen on May 2, but had not ap- 

 peared generally on May 12. The chestnut-sided warbler was first re- 

 ported from Worcester County on April 30, and again on May 6; it be- 

 came common in southern Connecticut on May 9, and is more generally 

 reported in Massachusetts on May 11. The black-throated green warbler 

 was first noted in Berkshire County May 4, and quite generally reported 

 in Massachusetts on the 6th, 7th and 8th. The black-throated blue warbler 

 is reported on May 6 from Newburyport, and from Phillipston, Mass., 

 and on the 7th and oth it became general. It had reached Ellsworth, Me., 

 on the 12th. 



The parula warbler was common in southern Connecticut on May 

 6th, reported from northern Connecticut on the 8th and from Worcester 

 County, Massachusetts, on the 10th. The Wilson warbler is noted in Massa- 

 chusetts May 8 and at Lewiston, Me., May 12. The Tennessee, Nashville, 

 golden-winged. Cape May, Canadian, blackpoll and Blackburnian warblers 

 all came aiong with this wave. The hooded warbler has appeared as usual 

 in Connecticut but has not been reported in Massachusetts. 



The first redstart was reported at Woods Hole, Mass., April 26 and 

 not again in Massachusetts until May 7. The first ovenbird was seen at 

 Woods Hole April 15 but most of the arrivals were from May 6 to 9. The 

 Louisiana water thrush was common in southern Connecticut on April 28. 

 No notes on the indigo bunting have been received from Massachu- 

 setts but it is noted on May 7 in southern Connecticut, The grasshopper 

 sparrow is reported from Worcester on May 10. The white-crowned spar- 

 row is noted quite generally from May 2 to May 9. Two rare members 

 of this family — the lark sparrow and the blue grosbeak — have been re- 

 ported, the former from northern Worcester County and the latter from 

 the Connecticut Valley. All the swallows and flycatchers have been noted 

 except the yellow-bellied flycatcher. A correspondent in Plymouth County, 

 Massachusetts, sends the description of a scissor-tailed flycatcher as that 

 of a bird seen May 10. All the vireos are here, coming in mainly from 

 May 2 to May 12. The first arrival of the blue-headed vireo was much 

 earlier— at Oxford Mass, April 19. 



The first scarlet tanager was noted at Newburyport on May 7. The 

 Baltimore oriole was reported throughout the length of Massachusetts from 

 May 5 to 10 and had reached Lewiston, Me., May 12. The arrival of the 

 house wren was from May 1 to May 11. The long-billed marsh wren was 

 noted near Hartford, Conn., on May 10. Towhees and brown thrashers 

 were late in arriving. The thrasher was common in southern Connecticut 

 on April 26 and appeared in Massachusetts from May 1 to May 7. The 

 hermit thrush had arrived in some numbers by April 12 in western Massa- 

 chusetts. The olive-backed thrush and the veery are noted in Massachusetts 



