C. II. Merriam Birds of Connecticut. 15 



1 875, which is so late one might almost suspect it of breeding within 

 our limits. Mr. J. N. Clark, of Saybrook, has a specimen in his 

 cabinet in unusually high plumage ; it is a rare bird there. I am told 

 by Mr. Clark and others that its note is peculiarly loud and clear, 

 serving to distinguish the species when some distance away. 



NOTE. The Orange-crowned Warbler, Helminthophaga celata 

 (Say) Baird, has been taken both in Massachusetts* and Rhode 

 Island,! and also in New York State (by Mr. E. P. Bicknell, and but 

 a few miles from our western border)J and unquestionably occurs 

 within our limits. 



32. Dendrceca aestiva (Gmeliu) Baird. Yellow Warbler. 



A common summer resident; breeds. Arrives about the first of 

 May (May 7, Osborne ; May 4, 1874, and May 5, 1873, Portland, 

 Conn., Sage). 



33. Dendrceca virens (Gmelin) Baird. Black-throated Green Warbler. 



A summer resident; very abundant during its migrations. Arrives 

 about May 1st, remaining through the month (May 23) ; have taken 

 them in the fall, from September 15th to October 18th. Mr. W. W. 

 Coe tells me that they remain through the entire summer in dense 

 swamps about Portland, Conn., and doubtless breed, though he has 

 not yet taken the nest. I am also informed by Mr. J. N. Clark that a 

 few breed at Saybrook, where he has found two nests after the young 

 had hatched. I am surprised at this, for it is the last place in the 

 State where they ought, theoretically, to breed. 



34. Dendrceca Caerulescens (Linne) Baird. Black-throated Blue Warbler. 



A summer resident. Common spring migrant ; Mr. Osborne and 

 myself have also taken it here in autumn (October 7, 12, and 19). 

 Arrives about May 10th; breeds sparingly in the northeastern part 

 of the State (Eastford), where two nests were found in June (8 and 

 13, 1874,) by the Rev. C. M. Jones. 



35. Dendrceca caemlea (Wilson) Baird. Caerulean Warbler. 



A very rare summer visitant from the Southern and Central States. 

 This rare warbler was observed at Stratford, Conn., by Linsley, as 



* Bull. Nutt. Ornithol. Club, vol. i, No. 4, p. 95. Nov. 1876. 



f Ibid, vol. ii, No. 1, p. 21. Jan. 1877. 



\ In letter from E. P. Bicknell. 



Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, vol. i, No. 1, p. 11. April, 1876. 



