28 LOCAL BREEDING BIRDS 



loo. (673.) Prairie Warbler {Dcndroica discolor). Local status: Locally 

 common on Long Island, rare elsewhere. Site: In briery bushes about 3 feet 

 from the ground. Eggs: 4-5, white, spotted with cinnamon- or olive-brown, 

 chiefly in a wreath at the larger end. Date: May 30. Group, Hall No. 308. 



loi. (674.) Oven-bird {Sciiirus aurocapillns). Local status: Abundant- 

 summer resident. Site: On the ground, u.sually in dry woods. Eggs: 4-5, 

 white, speckled with reddish brown. Ihite: May 20. Group, Hall No. 308. 



102. (676.) Large-billed Water-Thrush {Seiuriis motacilla). Local status: 

 Not uncommon summer resident in lower Hudson Valley and northern New 

 Jersey, rare on Long Island. Site: In wet woods, beneath a bank, or the 

 tipturned roots of a fallen tree. Eggs: 4-6, white, speckled or spotted with 

 reddish brown. Date: May 11. 



103. (677.) K.entuzky'Wa.ThleTiGeotlilypisformosa). Local status: Locally 

 common in the Hudson River Valley as far north as Ossining, rare elsewhere. 

 Site: In the woods, on or near the ground. Eggs: 4-5, white, speckled or 

 blotched with reddish brown. Date: June i. 



104. (681.) Northern Yellow-throat {Geoihlypis trichas brachidactyla). 

 Local status: Abundant summer resident. Site: In swampy thickets, on the 

 ground. Eggs: 4-5, white, thinly speckled and spotted with reddish brown, 

 chiefly at the larger end. Date: May 25. Group, Hall No. 308. 



103. (683.) Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens). Local status: Com- 

 mon summer resident. Site: In thickets, 2-3 feet from the ground, in the 

 crotch of a bush. Eggs: 3-5, white, rather evenly speckled and spotted with 

 reddish brown. Date: May 23. 



106. (684.) Hooded Warbler {Wilsonia mitrata). Local status: Common 

 summer resident in the lower Hudson Valley and eastward along the Sound, 

 apparently a rare breeder elsewhere. Site: In woods, 2-4 feet from the ground, 

 in the crotch of a bush or sapling. Eggs: 4-5, creamy white; thinly speckled 

 or spotted with reddish brown; color generally in a wreath at the larger end. 

 Date: May 15. 



107. (687.) Redstart (Seta phaga ruticilla). Local status: Abundant sum- 

 mer resident. Site: In the crotch of a sapling, 5-20 feet from the ground. 

 Eggs: 4-5, bluish white, spotted and blotched, chiefly at the larger end, with 

 cinnamon- or olive-brown. Date: May 17. Grovip, Hall No. 308. 



108. (704.) Catbird {Galeoscoptes carolinensis) . Local status: Abundant 

 summer resident. Site: In thickets, about 3-5 feet from the ground. Eggs: 

 3-5, greenish blue. Date: May 17. 



109. (705.) Brown Thrasher (Tdvo.v/ojHa ?■»/»;»). Local status: Common 

 summer resident. Site: In thickets, in the fork of a bush, or on the grovmd. 

 Eggs: 3-6, grayish white, thickly, evenly and minutely speckled with reddish 

 brown. Date. May 16. Group, Hall No. 208. 



no. (718.) Caxolina. Wren (Thryothor us ludovicianu.s). Local status: Per- 

 manent resident of irregular distribution, evidently increasing in numbers. 

 Site: In a hollow in a tree, bird-box or out-house. Eggs: 4-6, creamy white, 

 with numerous reddish-brown and hn'cnder markings. Date: March 28. 



III. (721.) House Wren {Troglodytes acdon). Local status: Common 

 summer resident. Site: In a hole in a tree or stump, a bird-box or crevice in 

 an out-building. Eggs: 6-8, vinaceous, uniform or minutely speckled, with 

 generally a wreath of a darker shade at the larger end. Date: May 18. 



