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Haven, two males (H. W. F.) ; May 26, 1892, East Hartford, 

 male taken (W. E. T.) ; May 26, 1893, Whitneyville, male seen 

 (L. B. B.) ; May 26, 27, 1893, Portland, male taken (J. H. S.) ; 

 May 31, 1898, Hamden, male taken (A. H. V., in coll. of L. B. 

 B.) ; May 21, 1900, Kent (H. K. J.) ; June 17, 1907, Portland, 

 adult male seen (J. H. S.). 



Geothlypis trichas trichas (Linnaeus). Maryland Yellow- 

 throat. 



A common summer resident, from May until October. 



Earliest record. New Haven, May 2, 1899, 1908, May i, 

 1902, 1907 (A. A. S.) ; Portland, April 29, 1908. 



Latest record. New Haven, Nov. 3, 1883 ; Portland, Nov. 7, 

 1884. 



^est. On the ground under a plant, or a few inches from the 

 grqund in a tussock of grass or a skunk cabbage in a wooded 

 swamp, or in a bush in a thicket. 



Eggs. 4-5 ; the last of May. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 22, 1888, five eggs (C. 

 L. R.).^ Latest record. June 29, 1905, four eggs (E. S. W.). 



This species has been heard singing as late as Aug. i ( 1904) , 

 by L. B. B. 



A young male with bill twisted like that of a Crossbill taken 

 in East Haven, Oct. 4, 1905 (L. B. B.). 



Icteria virens virens (Linnaeus). Yellow-breasted Chat. 



A common summer resident from May until July, breeding 

 in brush lots throughout the state, but most abundantly in the 

 southern portion. 



Earliest record. New Haven, May 2, 1899, 1908; Portland, 

 May 6, 1896. 



Latest record. New Haven, Aug. 17, 1894, Sept. 21, 1904 ( ?). 



Unusual records. Oct. 3, 1896, New Haven, one just shot 

 seen in a gun store (L. B. B.) ; Dec. 24, 1911, Jan. i, 1912, 

 South Norwalk (W. F. Smith). ^^ 



Nest. In a thick bush in brush lot, ij^^ to 7 feet from the 

 ground. 



Eggs. 2-5, usually 4; the last of May. 



I O. and O,, ii, i, p. I. 

 ^Bird-Lore, xiv, 2, p. 114. 



