192 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



MNIOTILTIDAE. 



mon summer resident mainly above 3000 ft. May 8-Oct. 10. 

 Eggs, June 28. 



VT. Common migrant, and on higher mountains an uncommon 

 summer resident (Killington Peak, Mt. Mansfield, Stratton Mt.). 



MASS. Common migrant; may breed rarely (young at North 

 Adams, August). (April 15) May 8-June 14; (Aug. 17, 1886, 

 Concord) Sept. 1-Nov. 7. 



R. I. Common migrant. May 10-31 (June 17); Sept. 3-Oct. 

 23. 



CONN. Common migrant. May 11- June 5; Sept. 10-Oct. 26. 



353. DENDROICA BLACKBURNIAE (Gmelin) Baird. 

 Blackburn! an warbler; Hemlock warbler. 



Chapman, Warblers No. Amer., 1907, p. 175, pi. 3, figs. 1, 2. 

 Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 4, figs. 5, 6. 



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

 977. "IN NOVEBORACO." 



High coniferous and mixed woods, especially hemlock and white 

 pine; nests in tree tops. 



ME. Rare migrant in southern counties, elsewhere an uncom- 

 mon local summer resident. (May 4) May 6-Sept. 17. Eggs, 

 June 5-15. 



N. H. Uncommon local summer resident south of White Mts., 

 thence commoner up to 3000 ft. (May 3) May 8-Sept. 10. Eggs, 

 June 4^15. 



VT. Uncommon local summer resident. (May 2) May 7- 

 summer. 



MASS. Rare migrant and summer resident in eastern, com- 

 moner in northwestern part. (May 2) May 6-30; summer; Sept. 

 7-23 (Oct. 10). Eggs, June 5-26. 



R. I. Uncommon migrant. May 14; Sept.-Oct. 



CONN. Common migrant and rare summer resident. May 5- 

 27; summer; Sept. 15-Oct. 3 (Nov. 8, 1907, New Haven). 



