l6o SYLVICOLID^E ! AMERICAN WARBLERS. 



says, the facts have become so well established that it 

 would be superfluous to cite all the recorded instances 

 of its capture. I may, however, refer to Mr. Purdie's 

 observations (Bull. Nutt. Club, i, 1876, p. 73, and ii, 

 1877, p. 16), as well as to Mr. Merriam's own (Rev. B. 

 Conn., 1877, p. 20). The last-named writer speaks of 

 the earliness of the bird both in arriving and in nest- 

 ing ; having observed it on the 27th of April, and been 

 informed that an individual shot May i7th was about 

 to deposit an egg. Mr. J. N. Clark, of Saybrook, in- 

 forms me that he has taken two nests, one with five 

 and the other with six eggs, besides finding some 

 containing young, which latter are usually hatched 

 before May 25th. The favorite nesting-site, accord- 

 ing to this gentleman, is among the upturned roots of 

 a fallen tree. 



CONNECTICUT WARBLER. 

 OPORORNIS AGILIS ( Wils.) Bd. 



Chars. " Olive-green, becoming ashy on the head ; below, from 

 the breast, yellow, olive-shaded on the sides ; chin, throat, and 

 breast brownish-ash ; a whitish ring round eye ; wings and tail 

 unmarked, glossed with olive ; under mandible and feet pale ; 

 no decided markings anywhere ; 5.50 ; wing, 2.75 ; tail, 2.00. In 

 spring birds the ash of the head, throat, and breast is quite pure, 

 and then the resemblance to Geothlypis Philadelphia is close; 

 but in the latter the wings are little if any longer than the tail. 

 In the fall the upper parts from bill to tail are nearly uniform 

 olive." (Coues.} The full-plumaged male in spring is said to 

 closely resemble Geothlypis Philadelphia, " both in the deep ash 

 of the throat and breast (which is almost black where it joins the 

 yellow below), and in the shade and limited extent of the yellow 

 of the belly. The ring round the eye, however, is well marked, 

 and pure white." (Merriam.) 



