No. 20.] THE BIRDS OF CONNECTICUT. 1 53 



These Usnea-covered trees have decreasd greatly near New 

 Haven in the past twenty years, and with them have gone the 

 Parula Warblers as summer residents. 



Dendroica tigrina (Gmelin). Cape May Warbler. 



A very rare spring and fall migrant. 



Gonnecticut records.. Spring, 1876, Suffield, not uncommon 

 (Shores) ;* May 13, 1876, Portland, two adult males seen in the 

 garden, one shot (J. H. S.) ;May 23, 1882, Lake Whitney, Ham- 

 den, male taken (L. B. B.) ; May 4, 1887, East Hartford, male 

 taken (C. C. H.) ; Aug. 28, 1889, Bridgeport, one taken (W. H. 

 Lucas) f Sept. 14, 1890, East Hartford, one seen (W. E. T.) ; 

 May 13, 1891, East Hartford, male shot (W. E. T.) ; May 7, 

 1900, Kent, male taken (H. K. J.) ; spring, 1900, Saybrook, one 

 taken and another seen (J. N. C.) ; May 8, 1905, Litchfield, male 

 secured (E. S. W.) ; May 10, 1907, New Haven, one seen (A. 

 A. S.) ; May 12, 1909, Cromwell, one picked up dead (in coll. of 

 J. H. S.). 



Dendroica aestiva asstiva (Gmelin). Yellow Warbler. 



A common summer resident from May until August, fre- 

 quenting the alders and willows along the streams. 



Earliest record. New Haven, April 30, 1888, 1894, 1908, 

 April 29, 1902 (A. A. S.) ; Portland, April 29, 1881, 1902, 1908. 



Latest record. New Haven, Sept. 25, 1900, Nov. 7, 1907 (A. 

 A. S.) ; Portland, Sept. 23, 1893. 



Nest. In a bush or sapling in a swampy thicket, or less com- 

 monly in dry woods. Of 86 nests recorded by J. H. S., 1905-9, 

 the distribution was as follows: 48 in elder; 7 in willow; 6 in 

 alder; 2 each in ash, apple, and elm; i each in wild cherry, but- 

 tonwood, poplar, pear, and clematis; and 4 in small bushes. 

 Height from ground varied from 3 to 30 feet, usually 3 to 6 

 feet. Building, May 12 to June 15 ; average, May 15-25. 



Eggs. 3-5; last of May. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 22, 1899, four eggs 

 (J. H. H.). Latest record. June 30, 1895, three eggs (J. C. 

 A. M.). 



1 Merriam, Birds of Conn., p. 17. 

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