AVES. 181 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



VIREONIDAE. 



Vireo novehoracensis (Gmel.). DeKay^ Zool. New York, 1844, 

 vol. 2, p. 122, pi. 36, fig. 78. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 7, fig. 10. 

 Bushy thickets; nest pensile in bushes. 



Me. — Doubtfully recorded. 



N. H. — Several unsatisfactory records: Chesterfield, Man- 

 chester. 



Vt. — Accidental visitor: Brattleboro; ? St. Johnsbury, various 

 records (Clark); Townshend, 1893. 



Mass. — Rare local summer resident near coast and in southern 

 valleys (Sheffield). May 2-Sept. 27 (Oct. 30). Eggs, ISlay 22- 

 June 18. 



R. I. — Uncommon local summer resident. May 7-Sept. 18. 

 Eggs, June 2, 3. 



Conn. — Common summer resident in southern part and Con- 

 necticut valley. May 2-Sept. Eggs, June 9-12. 



334. Vireo bellii Audubon 

 Bell's Vireo. 



Aud., Birds of Amer., 1844, vol. 7, p. 333, pi. 485. "Shores 



AND PRAIRIES OF THE UpPER MISSOURI." 



Bushy thickets; nest pensile in bushes or low trees. 

 N. H. — Accidental visitor: Durham, Nov. 19, 1897. 



MNIOTILTIDAE. 



335. Mniotilta varia (Linne) Vieillot. 



Black and white warbler; Black and white creeper. 



Chapman, Warblers No. Amer., 1907, p. 39, pi. 2, figs. 4, 5. 

 Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 3, figs. 2, 3. 



Motacilla varia Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, p. 333. 

 "in Jamaica, Dominica." 



Deciduous and mixed woods; nests on the ground. 



