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26, 1905, two, Oct. 5, 1905, one female, Oct. 9, 1906, Sept. 26, 

 1907 (L. B. B.) ; Windsor, Sept. 4, 1893, one young taken ;i 

 Portland, Sept. 7, 1893, one shot in garden of J. H. S. by S. R. ; 

 Branford, Sept. 15, 1906, two (L. B. B.) ; East Haven, Oct. 5, 

 1907 (L. B. B.). 



Spring record. May 5, 1888, Stamford, female taken (Hoyt). 



Dendroica palmarum hypochrysea Ridgway. Yellow Palm 

 Warbler. 



A common spring and fall migrant in April and October; 

 possibly occasionally wintering. 



Spring migration. Earliest record. New Haven, April 10, 

 1889, March 24, 1890 (L. B. W.) ; Portland, April 4, 1910. . Latest 

 record. New Haven, May 13, 1882, May 14, 1907 (A. A. S.) ; 

 Portland, May 8, 1893. 



Fall migration. Earliest record. New Haven, Sept. 26, 1901, 

 1907; Portland, Sept. 29, 1893; Litchfield, Sept. 22, 1898 (E. S. 

 W.). Latest record. New Haven, Oct. 30, 1907, Nov. 12, 1892 

 (H. W. F.) ; Portland, Oct. 31, 1908. 



Winter record. Dec. 25, 1887, Woodmont, one taken (R. D. 

 Camp) . 



Dendroica discolor (Vieillot). Prairie Warbler. 



A common summer resident of the southern part of the state 

 from May until July; less common farther north. 



Earliest record. New Haven, May 2, 1882, 1899, April 27, 

 1907 (A. A. S.) ; Portland, April 27, 1888. 



Latest record. New Haven, Oct. 17, 1904; Portland, Sept. 

 21, 1892. 



Nest. In a small shrub, often a birch or bayberry, in a thicket, 

 Ij4 to 3 feet from the ground. 



Eggs. 3-5 ; the last of May. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 27, 1894, four eggs and 

 one Cowbird's egg (Morgan and L. B. B.). Latest record. June 

 25, 1888, four eggs (Fames). 



Dr. Fames found it breeding commonly in Seymour in hazel 

 bushes, and has heard it singing as late as July 10 (1888). It is 

 very rare in Stamford (Hoyt and Porter). Mr. E. S. Woodruff 

 found a few at Rainbow, Windsor, May 24, 1906. 



^Auk, xi, J, p. 181. 



