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by picking up a little gravel from the walk. A hard rainstorm occurred on 

 the 27th which evidently interfered with this program, for I did not see it 

 again on the mornings following that date. 



Lanivireo solitarius solitarius. Blue-headed Vireo. — This species 

 remained unusually late in the spring of 1917, one being secured on May 15 

 and others seen until May 24. 



Vermivora peregrina. Tennessee Warbler. — This species has 

 greatly increased in numbers in the past few years, until, in 1917, it was 

 one of the most abundant of migrant warblers. I first met with the species 

 at Short Beach, on May 23, and 24, 1914, when a single male was found 

 singing in the same tree, two mornings in succession. In 1915 I met with 

 three adult males in song in the same tree at West Haven, May 20. In 

 1916 the birds were fairly common in the vicinity of New Haven, from May 

 20 to 26. In 1917 I first saw the bird May 22, though I think that I heard 

 the song on the 18th. It became common by the 24th, and was seen 

 almost daily, and often in large numbers until June 4. The last bird was 

 seen June 9. 



Dendroica tigrina. Cape May Warbler. — This is another species 

 that has evidently been increasing in recent years. In 1916 it was almost 

 common in Edgewood Park, New Haven, from May 10 to 16. In 1917 it 

 was less common than the previous year, but I saw several specimens at 

 Norwalk and Bridgeport on May 19 and 25. 



Dendroica castanea. Bay-breasted Warbler. — This is another 

 warbler that deserves notice as one increasing in numbers. While it never 

 was so rare as the Cape May and Tennessee, yet it always had some reputa- 

 tion for rarity. The past two years, 1916 and 1917, it has been one of the 

 most abundant migrant warblers, particularly late in the season, remaining 

 in Norwalk in 1917 till June 2. 



Dendroica discolor. Prairie Warbler. — An exceptionally late fall 

 bird was one seen at Norwalk on October 22, 1916. 



Sitta canadensis. Red-breasted Nuthatch. — A winter record for 

 this species is one that I saw in Norwalk February 24, 1917. 



Bseolophus bicolor. Tufted Titmouse. — On March 10, 1917, I 

 found a single bird of this species in a large red maple swamp. I first 

 heard the bird calling from a distance, and being unable to enter the swamp, 

 but suspecting the identity of the bird from previous acquaintance with it 

 in the south, I imitated its whistle and succeeded in bringing it to a point 

 about fifty feet above my head. The bird was observed by several others 

 later, and sometimes from a distance of about ten feet. I found it several 

 times in the latter part of March, and saw it last on April 1 after which it 

 disappeared. 



Penthestes hudsonicus subsp.? Hudsontan Chickadee. — A bird 

 of this species appeared in Norwalk in January 1917, where it remained 

 for some time, feeding on suet that was hung in the bushes for birds. I 

 saw it first on January 13 and again January 27. I presume that, like the 

 others that appeared the same winter, it belonged to the new Labrador sub- 



