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



breeding males taken (J. H. S. and L. B. B.) ; June 16, 21, 24, 

 29, 1905, Litchfield (E. S. W.). 



Dendroica virens (Gmelin). Black-throated Green War- 

 bler. 



A common summer resident of the hemlock groves through- 

 out the state from May until October; most abundant during the 

 migration in May and September. 



Earliest record. New Haven, April 21, 1886; Portland, April 

 27, 1886. 



Latest record. New Haven, Oct. 20, 1908; Nov. 7, 1907 (A. 

 A. S.) ; Portland, Oct. 21, 1890. 



Nest. On the horizontal limb of a hemlock, less frequently 

 in a birch or cedar ; 3 to 30 feet from the ground. 



Eggs. 4-5 ; the last of May. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 21, 1890, four eggs 

 (H. W. R). Latest record. June 20, 1894, four eggs (J. H. S.). 



Dendroica vigors! ( Audubon) . Pine Warbler. 



A rather rare migrant, chiefly in April, and still rarer summer 

 resident. 



Spring migration. Earliest record. New Haven, April 10, 

 1890, March 30, 1907 (A. A. S.) ; Portland, April 2, 1882, Sey- 

 mour, April 3, 1885 (Eames). Latest record. New Haven, May 

 3, 1882, May 12, 1880 (Woolsey) ; Portland, April 28, 1901. 



Fall records. East Hartford, Sept. 26, Oct. 5, 1885, Sept. 9, 

 Oct. 5, 1887 (W. E. T.) ; Portland, Sept. 21, Oct. 5, 1892; New 

 Haven, Oct. 10, 1893 (L. B. B.), Oct. 4, 1906 (E. S. W.), Oct. 

 8-23, 1906 ( ?) (A. A. S.) ; Litchfield, Oct. 8, 1905 (H. Sanford, 

 by E. S. W.). 



Breeding records. July 4, 1893, East Haven, nest with young 

 in a pine about 20 feet from the ground (H. W. F.) ; May 24, 

 1906, Windsor, a few evidently breeding (E. S. W.) ; June i, 

 1909, East Haven, nest with three eggs in pitch pine (L. B. B.). 



Dendroica palmarum palmarum (Gmelin). Palm Warbler. 



A rare but probably regular fall migrant, the latter part of 

 September. 



Fall records. New Haven, Sept. 18, 1878, male taken (Wool- 

 sey, in Peabody Museum), Oct. 7, 1905, two (E. S. W.), Sept. 

 24, 1895, male, Oct. I, 1895, male, Sept. 19, 1903, female, Sept. 



