98 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Earliest record. New Haven, April 22, 1893 ; Portland, April 

 23, 1886. 



Latest record. New Haven, Sept. 17, 1900; Portland, Sept. 

 21, 1893. 



Nest. Eggs deposited on a few dead leaves on the ground, 

 usually not far from the border of the woods. 



Eggs. 2 ; the last of May. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 18, 1893, two eggs ( J. 

 H. S.). Latest record. July 4, 1884, two eggs (H. W. F.). 



Late fall records. Nov. i, 1880, Noank (C. L. R.) j 1 Oct. 5, 

 1901, Westville (G. V. Smith, in coll. of L. B. B.). 



Chordeiles virginianus virginianus (Gmelin). Nighthawk. 



Formerly an abundant summer resident of the open pastures 

 from the middle of May to September; now rare through most 

 of the state in the breeding season, and occurring commonly only 

 in the fall migration. 



Earliest record. New Haven, May 7, 1888; Portland, April 

 28, 1888. 



Latest record. New Haven, Oct. 17, 1890; Portland, Oct. 10, 

 1902. 



Nest. Eggs laid on a rock, or on a bare place on the ground 

 in a pasture ; rarely on the flat roofs of houses in the cities. 



Eggs. 2, rarely I ; early in June. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 26, 1896, two eggs (H. 

 W. B.) ; May 26, 1900, two eggs (H. W. F.). Latest record. 

 July i, 1898, two eggs (J. H. H.). 



Recent breeding records. Although this bird is reported as 

 still tolerably common in the vicinity of Stamford both by Hoyt 

 and Porter, throughout most of the state it is only a rare sum- 

 mer resident. The last pair seen near New Haven by L. B. B. 

 was on May 15, 1900, this pair having left the open fields where 

 they have been so persecuted, and taken refuge in a small open- 

 ing in the woodland. The last nest recorded by J. H. S. from 

 the vicinity of Portland is one found June 6, 1894. 



A remarkable migration of these birds was witnessed by L. B. 

 B. near Sachem's Head, Guilford, early in September, 1880 (?), 

 late in the afternoon. Large numbers of these birds, collected 



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