AVES. 193 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



MNIOTILTIDAE. 



354. DENDROICA CASTANEA ' (Wilson) Baird. 

 Bay-breasted warbler. 



Chapman, Warblers No. Amer., 1907, p. 192, pi. 12, fig. 1-3. 

 Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 4, figs. 9, 10. 



Sylvia castanea Wils., Amer. ornith., 1810, vol. 2, p. 97, pi. 14, 

 fig. 4. "PENNSYLVANIA." 



Spruce and fir forests in summer, tree tops generally in migration ; 

 nests in trees. 



ME. Rare migrant and in northern part a rare summer resident. 

 (May 8) May 14-Aug. Eggs, June 8-15. 



N. H. Uncommon migrant and from White Mts. north an 

 uncommon summer resident from 2-4000 ft. May 14-Sept. 

 Eggs, June 3. 



VT. Rare migrant. 



MASS. Usually rare, but sometimes common migrant. May 8 

 May 28 (June 19; July 2, Springfield); Aug. 23-Oct. 8. 



R. I. Uncommon migrant. May 9- ; Sept. 



CONN. Migrant, irregularly rare or common. May 15-30; 

 Sept. 30-Oct. 17. 



355. DENDROICA DOMINICA (Linne) Baird. 

 Yellow-throated warbler. 



Chapman, Warblers No. Amer., 1907, p. 180, pi. 13, figs. 1, 2. 

 Motacilla dominica Linne*, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, p. 334. 

 "JAMAICA, DOMINICA." 



Tree growth bordering streams or bayous; nests in trees. 



VT. Recorded from Lunenburg, 1878. 



MASS. Accidental visitor: Dedham, Nov. 4, 1866; Springfield, 

 May, 1892. 



CONN. Accidental visitor: Connecticut valley, "several"; 

 New Haven. 



