WOODLAND BIRDS. 



89 



No. 100. 



CONNECTICUT WARBLER, 



Genus: Geothlypis. 



Species: G. agilis. 



Distribution: 



A rare spring and somewhat common fall migrant. 



Date of Arrival: 



First two weeks in May. 



Date of Departure: 

 September. 



General Plumage: 



Upper parts brownish olive; under parts brownish gray, 

 lower breast and belly yellowish. Bill and feet pale. Length 

 about 5.50. 



Song and Other Notes: 



" Somewhat like the song of Oven bird," rendered by the 

 syllables, "beecher-beecher-beecher-beecher-beecher-beecher, ' ' 

 and two characteristic warbler call notes. 



Haunts: 



A bird of the thicket and ground. 



