BREWSTER'S WARBLER 73 



Conn. (Bishop), Bridgeport, Conn. (Eames}, New Haven, Conn. 

 (Bishop}, Portland, Conn. (Sage). 



Winter Range. Unknown. 



Spring Migration. Bridgeport, Conn., May 16; Portland, Conn., 

 May 14. 



The Bird in its Haunts. Observations on the song, etc., of this 

 species are given under Brewster's Warbler. 



BREWSTER'S WARBLER 



VERMIVORA LEUCOBRONCHIALIS (Brewst.) Plate V 



Adult <$, Spring. Crown yellow, a black or blackish line from bill to or 

 through the eye, back gray with, as the bird tends towards pinus, more or 

 less greenish; tail as in pinus, wings externally grayish, the inner feathers 

 edged with greenish, wing-bars generally broadly yellow as in chrysoptera, but 

 not infrequently white as in pinus and often variously intermediate between 

 the two; underparts white rarely without more or less yellow tinge on the 

 breast increasing in intensity and extent as the bird approaches pinus. 



Adult $, Spring. Similar to adult c? in Spring but crown duller, eye-stripe 

 duskier, back with more green, breast with more yellow. 



Nestling. Unknown; all the nestlings taken or described having leucobron- 

 chialis for o* or $ parent, being, singularly enough, like the nestling of pinus. 



General Distribution. Eastern United States, north to Connecti- 

 cut and, rarely Massachusetts, west to Michigan. 



Summer Range. The bird has been found breeding at Engle- 

 wood, N. J., (Chapman'), Bridgeport, Conn. (Eames), North Haven, 

 Conn. (Bishop}, Bethel, Conn. (Meeker}, Portland, Conn. (Sage} ; 

 there are also records in the breeding season for Ossining, N. Y. 

 (Fislwr}, various places in Connecticut (Bishop et al}, Newtonville, 

 Mass. (Brewster), Hudson, Mass. (Purdie), Lexington, Mass. 

 (Faxon}, Oberlin, O. (Jones}, Ottawa Co., Mich. (Gibbs.} 



Winter Range. During its migrations this species has been 

 taken near Philadelphia and Washington, and New Orleans. There 

 are no winter records. 



Spring Migration. Washington, D. C, May i, and 8; Clifton, 

 Pa., May 12; Maplewood, N. J., May n ; Englewood, N. J. May 15; 

 Parkville, L. I., May 16; Bridgeport, Conn., May 6; Portland, Conn., 

 May 10 ; Oberlin, O., May 23. 



Fall Migration. Ossining, N. Y., Aug. 24; Chester Co., Pa., 

 Aug 31. 



The Bird and its Haunts. The haunts and general habits of 

 Lawrence's and Brewster's Warblers do not appear to differ from 

 those of the Golden-winged and Blue-winged Warblers. 



