Vol. I -1 ... 



No. I I Btrds of Princeton. 



1901 -I 



Yellow-breasted Chat. Icteria virens {Li7in.^. 

 Redstart. Setophaga ruticilla {Linn.). 

 Mockingbird. Mimus polyglottos {Linn.). 

 Catbird. Galeoscoptes carolinensis {Linn.). 

 Brown Thrasher. Harporhynchus rufus {Linn.). 

 House Wren. Troglodytes aedon Vieill. 

 Long-billed Marsh Wren. Cistothorus palustris (PF?/^.). 

 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. Polioptila caerulea {Linn.). 

 Wood Thrush. Hylocichla mustelina {Gmel.). 

 American Robin. Merula migratoria {Linn.). Occa- 

 sional in winter. 



To the above list may be added the following seven 

 species, which, although for the most part migratory, 

 have all been observed during the summer as rare resi- 

 dents, and, with two exceptions, breeding. 



Black-crowned Night Heron. Nycticorax nycticorax 



naevius {Bodd.). 

 Sora. Porzana Carolina {Linn.). 

 Cliff Swallow. Petrochelidon lunifrons {Say), 

 Tree Swallow. Tachycineta bicolor {Vieill.). 

 Northern Parula Warbler. Compsothlypis americana 



usneae Brewster. 

 Chestnut -sided Warbler. Dendroica pensylvanica 



{Linn.). 

 Wilson's Thrush. Hylocichla fuscescens {Steph.). 



HI. 



Summer Visitants. 



Comparatively few birds are included in this group. 

 They are those whose breeding range is not far from 

 our boundaries and they sometimes visit us in small 

 numbers after the nesting season. 



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