BREWSTER'S WARBLER 73 



Conn. (Bishop), Bridgeport, Conn. (Eames), New Haven, Conn. 

 (Bishop), Portland, Conn. (Sage). 



Winter Range. — Unknown. 



Spring Migration. — Bridgeport, Conn., May 16; Portland, Conn., 

 May 14. 



The Bird in its Haunts. — Observations on the song, etc., of this 

 species are given under Brewster's Warbler. 



Brewster's Warbler 



HELMINTHOPHILA LEUCOBRONCHIALIS (Brewst.) Plat* V 



Adult <3, Spring. — Crown yellow, a black or blackish line from bill to or 

 through the eye, back gray with, as the bird tends towards pinus, more or 

 less greenish; tail as in pinus, wings externally grayish, the inner feathers 

 edged with greenish, wing-bars generally broadly yellow as in ckrysoptera, but 

 not infrequently white as in pinus and often variously intermediate between 

 the two; underparts white rarely without more or less yellow tinge on the 

 breast increasing in intensity and extent as the bird approaches pinus. 



Adult $, Spring. — Similar to adult o" in Spring but crown duller, eye-stripe 

 duskier, back with more green, breast with more yellow. 



Nestling. — Unknown; all the nestlings taken or described having leucobron- 

 chialis for o* or ? parent, being, singularly enough, like the nestling of pinus. 



General Distribution. — Eastern United States, north to Connecti- 

 cut and, rarely Massachusetts, west to Michigan. 



Summer Range. — The bird has been found breeding at Engle- 

 wood, N. J., (Chapman), Bridgeport, Conn. (Eames), North Haven, 

 Conn. (Bishop), Bethel, Conn. (Meeker), Portland, Conn. (Sage) ; 

 there are also records in the breeding season for Ossining, N. Y. 

 (Fisher), various places in Connecticut (Bishop et al.), Newtonville, 

 Mass. (Brewster), Hudson, Mass. (Purdie), (the only Massachu- 

 setts records) Oberlin, O. (Jones), Ottawa Co., Mich. (Gibbs.) 



Winter Range. — During its migrations this species has been 

 taken near Philadelphia and Washington, and New Orleans. There 

 are no winter records. 



Spring Migration. — Washington, D. C, May 1, and 8; Clifton, 

 Pa., May 12; Maplewood, N. J., May 11 ; Englewood, N. J. May 15; 

 Parkville, L. I., May 16; Bridgeport, Conn., May 6; Portland, Conn., 

 May 10 ; Oberlin, O, May 23. 



Fall Migration.— Ossining, N. Y., Aug. 24; Chester Co., Pa., 

 Aug 31. 



The Bird and its Haunts. — The haunts and general habits of 

 Lawrence's and Brewster's Warblers do not appear to differ from 

 those of the Golden-winged and Blue-winged Warblers. 



