76 BIRDS OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS 



April 28) May 2 - Sept. 15 (30. Open woods, thickets and 

 sprout land. Nest in bushes. Eggs, May 26 - June 17. 



660. Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castdnea 

 (Wilson). Rare M., sometimes common. May 8) 15-28; 

 (June, July) Aug. 23) Sept. 10 -Oct. 1(8. 



661. Black-poll Warbler Dendroica stridta. (J. 

 R. Forster). Common M., very common in fall. April 

 15) May 8 - June 14 ; Aug. ; Sept. 1) 12 - 30( Nov. 7. 



662. Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca 

 (Miiller). Scarce M. ; rare S. R. May 2) 6-30; summer; 

 Sept. 7-23 (Oct. 10. Mixed and coniferous woods, espec- 

 ially of hemlock and white pine. Nest in coniferous tree. 

 Eggs, June 5 - 26. 



*663. Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dom- 

 inica dominica (Linne). Accidental from South. Nov. 

 Dedham. 



667. Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroi- 

 ca virens (Grmelin). Very common M. and S. R. April 

 30) May 1-Oct. 29 (Nov. 3 White pine groves and wood- 

 lands. Nest in pine tree. Eggs, May 30 - June 18. 



671. Pine Warbler Dendroica vigor si (Audubon). 

 Common M. and S. R. ; accidental in winter. Mar. 29) 

 April 7 -Nov. 25 (winter. Pitch pine groves and wood- 

 lands. Nest in tree. Eggs, May 8- June 16; July. 



672. Palm Warbler ; Red-poll Warbler Den- 

 droica palmdrum palmarum (Gmelin.) Rare fall M. Sept. 

 7) 15- Oct. 10 (28; (Dec. 6). See next for haunts. 



672a. Yellow Palm Warbler; Yellow Red- 

 poll Dendroica palmarum hypochrysea Ridgway. Common 

 spring and scarce fall M. Mar. 28) April 13 - May 6 (21; 

 Sept. 5) 30 - Oct. 15 (26. Open tree-growth, thickets, edges 

 of fields, roadsides; much upon the ground. 



673. Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor (Vieil- 

 lot). Locally common S. R., chiefly near coast; accidental 

 in winter on Cape Cod. May 2) 6 -Sept. 25 (Jan.). Dry, 

 upland bushy fields and sprout lands; often in pastures 

 with a bushy growth of junipers and barberry bushes. 

 Nest in bush. Eggs, Mar. 28 - June 18. 



674- Oven-bird; Golden-crowned Thrush 

 Seiurus aurocapillus (Linne). Very common M. and S. R, 

 April 30) May 2 -Sept. 27 (Dec. 30). Groves and wood- 

 lands, largely walking on the ground. Nest on ground, 

 covered. Eggs, May 17 - June 16; (July 8). 



