186 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



MNIOTILTIDAE. 



R. I. Rare migrant. May 18; Sept. 18. 

 CONN. Rare migrant. May 19-27 (June 8); Sept. 24- 

 (?Nov., Clark). 



343. COMPSOTHLYPIS AMERICANA USNEAE BreWSter. 



Northern Parula warbler; Blue yellow-backed warbler; Usnea 

 warbler. 



Brewst., Auk, 1896, vol. 13, p. 44. "LAKE UMBAGOG, MAINE." 

 Chapman, Warblers No. Amer., 1907, p. 104, pi. 8, fig. 1-3. Egg, 

 Capen, 1886, pi. 3, figs. 4, 5. 



Forests and open tree growth; nests in pendulous masses of 

 Usnea lichen. 



ME.- Common migrant and uncommon local summer resident. 

 May 5-Sept. 30. Eggs, May 31-June 17. 



N. H. Common migrant and less common summer resident 

 below 3000 ft. (April 30) May 3-Oct. 1. Eggs, May 31-June 12. 



VT. Common migrant and less common summer resident. 

 May 2-fall. 



MASS. Common migrant and less common local summer resi- 

 dent. (April 25) May 1-Oct. 10 (Nov. 19, 1881, Cambridge). 

 Eggs, May 30-July 5. 



R. I. Common migrant and uncommon local summer resident. 

 April 30-Oct. 7. Eggs, June 2-5. 



CONN. Common migrant and uncommon local summer resi- 

 dent. May 2-Oct. 15 (Oct. 20). Eggs, (May 18) May 29- June 

 22 (Aug.). 



344. DENDROICA TIGRINA (Gmelin) Baird. 

 Gape May warbler. 



Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 352. ' Egg, 

 Capen, 1886, pi. 4, fig. 15. 



Motacilla tigrina Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 985. 

 "CANADA." 



