AVES. 201 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



MNIOTILTID.IE. 



368. Geothlypis trichas (Linne) Cabanis. 



Maryland yellowthroat; Black-masked ground warbler; Yel- 

 lowthroat. 



Turclus trichas Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, p. 293. 



"iX AilERICA SEPTEXTRIONALI." 



Geothlypis trichas brachidactyla (Swains.). Chapman, Warblers 

 No. Amer., 1907, p. 251, pi. 20, fig. 3-5. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 5, 

 fig. 9-11. 



Weed patches and thickets near water; nests on or near the 

 ground. 



Me. — Common migrant and summer resident. May 6-Oct. 

 13 (Oct. 22). Eggs, May 28- June 12. 



N. H. — Common migrant and summer resident at lower eleva- 

 tions. May 6-Oct. 7. Eggs, June 3-21. 



Vt. — Common migrant and summer resident. Eggs, June 2. 



Mass. — Common migrant and summer resident; accidental in 

 winter. (April 30) May 2-Oct. 21 (winter). Eggs, INIay 24- 

 June 17. 



R. I. — Common migrant and summer resident. (April 22)-Oct. 

 17. Eggs, May 25-June 5. 



Coxx. — Common migrant and summer resident. (April 29) 

 May 4-Xov. 1. Eggs, May 22- June 18. 



369. IcTERL\ viRENS (Liune) Baird. 



Yellow-breasted chat; Ghost-bird (Indian); Yellow chat. 



Audubon, Birds of Amer,, 1842, vol. 4, p. 162, pi. 244. Egg, 

 Capen, 1886, pi. 5, figs. 14, 15. 



Turdiis virens Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 171. 

 "Ajmerica." 



Bushy thickets; nests in low bushes. 



Me. — Accidental visitor (five instances). June 6-Oct. 5. 



