196 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



MNIOTILTIDAE. 



Swamps, edges of woods, or open country; nests on or near the 

 ground. 



ME. Common spring and uncommon fall migrant and local 

 summer resident. April 11-May 20; summer; Sept. 17-Oct. 20 

 (Oct. 27, Nov. 2). Eggs, May 27- June 26. 



N. H. Common spring and uncommon fall migrant. April 13- 

 May 11; Sept. 16-Oct. 9. 



VT. Uncommon migrant. 



MASS. Common spring and uncommon fall migrant ; said to 

 have wintered. (Mar. 28, 1908, Hyde Park; April 5) April 13- 

 May 21; Sept. 5-Oct. 26. 



R. I. Common spring and uncommon fall migrant. April 5- 

 22; Sept. 15-26. 



CONN. Common spring and uncommon fall migrant. April 9 

 May 5; Oct. 18-Nov. 4. 



.360. DENDROICA DISCOLOR (Vieillot) Baird. 

 Prairie warbler. 



Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 364. Egg, 

 Capen, 1886, pi. 5, fig. 1. 



Sylvia discolor Vieill., Hist. nat. ois. Amer. Sept., 1807, vol. 2, 

 p. 37, pi. 98. "ETATS-UNIS ET LES GRANDS ILES ANTILLES." 



Sylvicola discolor (Vieill.). Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1841, 

 vol. 2, p. 68, pi. 97. 



Dry bush-grown fields and sproutlands; nests in bushes. 



N. H. Rare local summer resident in southern part (Hollis, 

 Manchester). 



VT. Accidental visitor: Uxbridge, Dec. 4, 1884. 



MASS. Uncommon summer resident, mainly near coast; acci- 

 dental in winter (South Yarmouth, Jan. 2, 1909). May 2-Sept. 

 25 (Jan. 2). Eggs, May 28-June 18. 



R. I. Common local summer resident. May 4-Sept. (Dec. 

 4, 1884, Providence). Eggs, May 27- June 14. 



