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 OF 

 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 c? 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) * r 

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

 (Fisher), various places in Connecticut (Bishop et al), Newtonville r 

 Mass. (Brewsfer), 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. f 

 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. 



