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SYLVICOLLD^E. 



Mniotilta varia Vieill. Black and White Creeper. 

 Common summer resident. The majority, however, go 

 farther north, causing it to be most abundant in spring 

 and fall. 



No. 492, $, adult, Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1853. 

 No. 3GO, ?, " " " " " " 



Parula Americana Bon. Blue Yellow-backed War- 

 bler. Common summer resident. 



No. 502, <J, adult. Essex Co. S. Jillson, Autumn, 1855. 

 No. 503, $, " " " " " 1853. 



No. 504, ?, " " " " " 1856. 



Geothlypis trichas Cab. Maryland Yellow-throated 

 Warbler. Abundant summer resident. "Sylvia Roscoe, 

 Aud." (Peab., p. 313), is the young of this species. 



No. 491, $, Essex Co. 



Nos. 523, 364, ?. Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1855. 



Geothlypis Philadelphia Baird. Mourning Warbler. 

 Rare summer resident. Not often detected farther north 

 than Massachusetts ; in which state numerous instances 

 of its capture are recorded. (Waterville, Me. ; breeding ; 

 July; HamL, p. 3. Hamilton, C. W., Mcll., p. 85.) 



Oporornis agilis Baird . Connecticut Warbler. Of 

 very rare occurrence as a summer visitor, doubtless breed- 

 ing at least as far north as Massachusetts. (Emm., p. 3 ; 

 Peab., p. 312 ; Putn., p. 226 ; Sam., p. 6 ; All., p. 82.) 



No. 522, $, Lynn, Essex Co. S. Jillson, Sept., 1856. 

 No. 521, ?, " " " " " " 



Oporornis formosa Baird. Kentucky Warbler. The 

 occurrence of this species as a rare or casual summer vis- 

 itor in southern New England is to be confidently antici- 

 pated. (Near New York City, Lawrence, Ann. Lye. Nat. 

 Hist., N. Y. viii, 1866, p. 284.) I have found it breed- 

 ing at Washington, D. C. 



Protonotaria citrea Baird. Prothonotary Warbler. 

 A summer visitor ; rare, and perhaps accidental. "Calais, 

 Me., Oct. 30, 1862 ;" (Boardm., Verr., B. S. N. H., ix, p. 

 234, only recorded instance). It is properly a bird of the 

 South Atlantic States, and its occurrence in New England 

 must be. regarded as exceptional. (Omitted from Sam. 

 O. 0.) 



