No. 2O.] THE BIRDS OF CONNECTICUT. 165 



Spring migration. Earliest record. New Haven, May 1 1, 



1893, 1900; Portland, May 8, 1894, 1905. Latest record. New 

 Haven, May 22, 1893, 1907, June 3, 1907 (A. A. S.) ; Portland, 

 June I, 1907. 



Fall migration. Earliest record. New Haven, Aug. 27, 1907. 

 Latest record. New Haven, Sept. 22, 1904; Portland, Sept. 27, 

 1893. 



This bird frequents chiefly thick shrubbery in its passage 

 through the state. 



Wilsonia canadensis (Linnaeus). Canada Warbler. 



A common late spring migrant in May, and much rarer late 

 summer migrant in August; undoubtedly breeds more or less 

 regularly in the northwestern part of the state, although few nests 

 have been taken. 



Spring migration. Earliest record. New Haven, May 8, 

 1894; Portland, May I, 1905. Latest record. New Haven, 

 June I, 1898, 1907, June 3, 1907 (A. A. S.) ; Portland, June 10, 

 1907; Milford, June 3, 1900 (J. C. A. M.). 



Fall migration. Earliest record. New Haven, Aug. 12, 1904. 

 Latest record. New Haven, Sept. I, 1903; Portland, Sept. I, 

 1892; Litchfield, Sept. 9, 1892 (E. S. W.) ; East Hartford, Sept. 

 16,1885 (W. E. T.). 



Summer records. June 15, 1885, June 9, 1891, Aug. 2, 1893, 

 June 13, 14, 1905, Litchfield (L. B. W. and E. S. W.) ; June 15, 



1894, near New Haven, a male with a female and young seen 

 (A. H. V., the male taken by L. B. B.) ; July 3, 1896, Norfolk, 

 young taken by W. E. T. (in coll. of J. H. S.) ; June 8, 1900, Kent 

 (L. B. B.) ; June u, 1900, Warren (L. B. B.) ; June 12, 1900, 

 Romford (L. B. B.) ; June 18, 20, 1904, Salisbury (J. H. S. and 

 L. B. B.) ; early July, 1906, Salisbury (H. K. J.). 



Nest record. May 30, 1889, Northford, nest containing five 

 eggs in a raspberry bush in a pasture, male identified while on the 

 nest (A. M. Linsley). 1 



As all of the birds noted above in June kept closely to the 

 locality in which they were first seen as long as they were ob- 

 served, and as the males taken were certainly breeding birds, this 

 species must be entered as a summer resident in this state. Dur- 



l O'6logist, vi, 12, p. 233. 



