C. If. 3ferri(im — Birdti of ('ojiiurftcnt. 



;{a 



shady street, where il glides llirough the roluige of tlic tallest trees, 

 the unseen messenger of rest and peaee to the busy, dusty haunts of 

 men." 



71. VireO flavifrons Vieillot. Yollow-tliroatcd Vireo. 



A tolerably eonimon sunnner resident; partieularly altimdani in 

 spring and fall. Arrives early in May (May 6), remaining till alter 

 the middle of September (Sept. 15, 17, 1875). 



72. Vireo SOlitarius (Wilson) Vieillot. Blue-headed, or Solitary Vireo. 



Not uncommon during the migrations. A few breed. Arrives 

 during the first week in May (May 2, 1876, Osborne; 0, 1S75, 

 C. 11. M. ; May 5, 1877, Nichols). Have taken it as late as 

 Oct. 13th. A nest of this s})ecies, found June 18th, 1875, near New 

 Haven (Beaver Swamp), by tlie Stadtmilllers, "was out on the liml) 

 of a Chestnut tree about 30 feet from the ground, and was constructed 

 of tlie bark of different kinds of trees, lined with grass. Moss and 

 caterpillars' silk were plastered outside. It contained four eggs, 

 which were two-thirds hatched."* 



73. "Vireo NoveboracensiS (Gmelin) Bonaparte. White-eyed Vireo. 



A summer resident, but not partii-ularly common except along 

 southern Connecticut, and in the Coimecticut Valley, where it is 

 connnon all the way up to the Massachusetts line (Suffield, E. I. 

 Shores). Arrives before May 10th (May 7, Osborne). 



Note. — Vireo Philadelphlcus Cassin, undoubtedly occurs within 

 our limits, as a rare, or accidental, visitant, but as yet no record of 

 its capture has appeared. On Sept. 7lh, 1875, Mr. William Brewster 

 " shot a female of this beautiful little species in Cambridge, Mass."f 



Family, LANIID^. 



74. Collurio borealis (Vieillot) Baird. Butcher Bird ; Shrike. 



A soraeAvliat irregular winter resident. Arrives in October or 

 November (Oct. 29, 1876, Sage;) remaining till the latter pari of 

 March (March 24, 1876, Osborne). Very abundant some years, and 

 equally scarce in others. Mr. Maynard says, ''when the Lesser lled- 



* MS. notes of the Stadtmuller Brothers, 

 •f Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Club, vol. i, No. 1, p. 19. April, 1876. 

 Trans. Conn. Acad., Vol. IV. 5 Jily, 1877. 



