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Nashville Warbler (Verniivora ruhricapilla) . — Common. Migra- 

 tion dates: May 14, 1874; May 11, 1876; May 10, 1877; May 21, 

 1882; May 4, 1883; May 16, 1884. Fall: September 12, 1877. 



Tennessee Warbler (Vermivora peregrina) . — Sage and Bishop 

 give this as a rare spring and fall migrant, but they, only made 

 use of one of Dr. Shores records, and that seems to be the first one 

 for the state, June 8, 1875, a male taken (Coll. W. F. H., No. 1524); 

 September 3, 1877, a 5 jvivenile; September 10, 1879, a pair (5 in 

 Coll. W. F. H., No. 1582); a ? September 1, 1879; a ? September 7, 

 1877; a pair September 2, 1879; a J' September 4, 1879; a J' Sep- 

 tember 5, 1879; a pair September 8, 1878 (a $ in Coll. W. F. H., 

 No. 1525). These were the specimens taken by him. 



Northern Parula Warbler (Compsothlypis a. usneae). — Common. 

 No special records. 



Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina) — Sage and Bishop call 

 this a very rare spring and fall migrant (B. of Conn. p. 153), but 

 Dr. Shores took fourteen specimens, that is more than all the other 

 Connecticut men put together, and he also took the first specimen 

 in the state. May 28, 1875, a $; May 20, 1876, a c? (Coll. W. F. H., 

 No. 1538); two $?, May 23, 1876; a J', May 27, 1876; two c^c?, Sep- 

 tember 1, 1879; a J', September 2,, 1879 (Coll. W. F. H., No. 1539), 

 and four $$ on the same date (two in Coll. W. F. H., Nos. 1536 and 

 1537) ,and twoJ'J' on September 10, 1879. Only one of these records 

 given by Sage and Bishop. It seems that I now have more speci- 

 mens of this warbler (four) in my collection, taken in Connecticut, 

 than any Connecticut man has at the present day. 



Dendroica (estiva, caertilesccns and magnolia are all common in 

 that region. 



Dendroica coronata. — Common. Two winter records given in the 

 diary. January 2, 1879, a flock of about twenty seen, of which 

 two (^^ were taken, and February 22, 1875, a J' taken. These rec- 

 ords are not given in Sage's and Bishop's work and are many years 

 prior to any winter records they do give. 



Cerulean Warbler (Dendroica caerulea). — Exceedingly rare. One 

 J' taken on June 12, 1875 (Coll. W. F. H., No. 1501). He says about 

 this occurrence: "On my way home lay down under a tree by the 

 road waiting for a ride and I thought I saw a Warbling Vireo, so 

 shot and got a Blue Warbler." This was at West Suffield. This 

 is the specimen mentioned by Ridgway (Birds of North and Mid- 

 dle America, Vol. II, p. 571), by Brewer Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., 

 XIX, 1878, 303, and also by Purdie Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club II, 1877, 

 21, Linsley's record from 1841 does not state whether a specimen 

 was taken or not, hence is not to be considered in this connection, 

 but there is one earlier one from Massachusetts. Thus Dr. Shores' 



