200 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



MNIOTILTIDAE. 



Tamarack swamps, and in migration, damp woods and thickets; 

 nests on the ground. 



Me.— Rare fall migrant. Sept. 5-20 (7iec Aug. 30, 1878, Cape 

 Elizabeth). 



N. H. — Rare fall migrant. Sept. 6-Oct. 11. 



Vt. — Rare (? spring and) fall migrant. (? Brattleboro, May; 

 ■? Rutland, April 24, 1879); Sept. 20-30. 



Mass. — Uncommon fall migrant ( ? accidental in spring). (May 

 1890, West Newton, fide Maynard) ; Sept. 7-Oct. 9. 



R. I.— Uncommon fall migrant. Sept. 24-Oct. 2 (Nov. 12). 



Conn. — Accidental spring and uncommon fall migrant. (Spring, 

 Saybrook; nee New Haven) ; Sept. 15-Oct. 10. 



367. Oporornis Philadelphia (Wilson) Ridgway. 

 Mourning warbler. 



Sylvia Philadelphia Wils., Amer. ornith., 1810, vol. 2, p. 101, 

 pi. 14, fig. 6. "within a few miles of Philadelphia." 



Trichas Philadelphia (Wils.). De Kay, Zool. New York, 1844, 

 vol. 2, p. 81, pi. 54, fig. 122. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 5, figs. 12, 13. 



Tangles of bushes, vines, and briers; nests on or near the ground. 



Me. — Uncommon migrant, and in northern part an uncommon 

 summer resident. (May 16) May 24-fall. Eggs, June 10-16. 



N. H. — Uncommon migrant and from White Mts. north an 

 imcommon summer resident. May 19-Sept. 13. Eggs, June 8. 



Vt. — Uncommon migrant and summer resident south to 

 Londonderry. May 20-Sept. 20. 



Mass. — Rare migrant and in Berkshire Co., a rare summer 

 resident. (May 14) May 21-June 13; summer; Sept. 12-30. 



R. I. — Rare migrant. May 21-June 5; Sept. 4. 



Conn. — Rare migrant. May 12-27; fall. 



