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



One bird has been seen by Mr. Williams in Winchester. 1 

 One seen in Danbury, May 4, 1905 (J. C. A. M.). 



Icterus galbula (Linnaeus). Baltimore Oriole. 



An abundant summer resident of the orchards and shade 

 trees of the roads and city streets, from May until August. 



Earliest record. New Haven, May 2, 1894; Portland, April 

 30, 1888. Average of 40 years' records, May 6 (J. H. S.) 



Latest record. New Haven, Sept. 13, 1885; Portland, Sept. 

 8, 1885. 



Winter records. Nov. 15, 1885, Portland (J. H. S.) f Dec. 

 22, 1892, Portland (C. H. N.) ; 3 North Haven, Dec. 9, 1901 

 (found dead by Mrs. L. Hemingway). 



Nest. Usually in an elm, poplar, or maple; 20-75 ^ eet ^ rom 

 the ground; built by the female, May 15 June 10. 



Eggs. 4-7; early in June. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 23, 1906, two eggs (J. 

 H. S.); May 25, 1895, five eggs (H. W. R). Latest record. 

 June 21, 1882, one egg and three young (L. B. B.). 



Abundance of species. Fifteen nests of this species were 

 noticed in the trees bordering Quinnipiac Avenue in Montowese, 

 in a distance of about two miles, March 3, 1893 (L. B. B.). 

 Again, in a walk of about the same length on Whitney Avenue, 

 New Haven, 35 nests were counted, almost all in elms, Jan. 9, 

 1901 ; but in the same walk on Feb. 17, 1908, only 10 nests could 

 be found, showing the great decrease of this species near New 

 Haven in recent years (L. B. B.). 



Euphagus carolinus (Miiller). Rusty Blackbird. 



A common fall migrant in October; less common spring 

 migrant. 



Spring migration. Earliest record. New Haven, March 24, 

 1888, March 20, 1905, 1906 (A. A. S.) ; Portland, March 20, 

 1905. Latest record. New Haven, April 20, 1905, May 13, 

 1907 (C. H. Pangburn^) ; Portland, May n, 1908. 



Fall migration. Earliest record. New Haven, Sept. 25, 1897, 

 Sept. 15, 1897 (A. H. V.) ; Portland, Sept. 17, 1895. Latest 



i Job, The Sport of Bird Study, p. 302. 



a Auk, iii, i, p. 135. 



s O. and O., xviii, 3, p. 47. 



