AVES. 215 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



SYLVIIDAE. 



Conn. — Common migrant and winter resident. Oct. 13-May. 



391. Regulus calendula (Linne) Lichtenstein. 

 Ruby-crowned kinglet; Ruby-crested wren. 



Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1841, vol. 2, p. 168, pi. 133. 



Motacilla calendula Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, p. 337. 

 ' ' Pennsylvania . ' ' 



Spruce and fir forests, and in migrations, tree growth generally; 

 nests in conifers. 



Me. — Common migrant and probably a rare summer resident 

 in northern part (Ft. Kent, with young; near Bangor, nest without 

 eggs). April 14-May 16 (May 23); (summer) ; Sept. 25-Oct. 22. 



N. H.— Common migrant. April 14-May 11; Sept. 9-Oct. 20. 



Vt. — Common migrant. April 11; fall. 



Mass. — Common migrant; casual in winter (at Highland Light, 

 Jan. 15, 1892; Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Dec. 23, 1899). April 5- 

 May 13; Sept. 23-Nov. 20 (winter). 



R. I. — Common migrant. April-May 6; Oct. 



Conn. — Common migrant. April ll-(May 16) ; Oct. 13-Nov. 24. 



392. PoLiOPTiLA CAERULEA (Linne) Sclater. 

 Blue-gray gnatcatcher. 



Motacilla caerulea Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, p. 337. 

 ''Pensylvania." 



Culicivora coerulea Lath. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1840, 

 vol. 1, p. 244, pi. 70. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 2, fig. 3. 



Woodlands; nests in trees. 



Me. — Accidental visitor: Cape Elizabeth, Aug. 29, 1880; April 

 18, 1896. 



N. H., Vt. — Doubtfully recorded. 



Mass. — Accidental visitor ( ? may once have bred near Taunton). 

 Auff. 27-Dec. 18. 



