164 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 22, 1896, four eggs 

 (L. B. B.). Latest record. July 7, 1888, four eggs (Eames). 



Unusual sets. New Haven, June 9, 1899, set of two exceed- 

 ingly small eggs (H. W. F.) ; Hamden, May 27, 1896, five eggs 

 and two Cowbirds' eggs (L. B. B.). 



Wilsonia citrina (Boddaert). Hooded Warbler. 



A tolerably common summer resident of the southern part of 

 the state from May to July; very rare inland. 



Earliest record. New Haven, May 8, 1894; East Haven, May 

 4, 1886 (L. C. S.) ; Saybrook, May 2 (J. N. C.).^ 



Latest record. New Haven, July 22, 1904, Westville, Sept. 

 20, 1897 (A. H. v., in coll. of L. B. B.). 



Inland records. Suffield (E. I. Shores) f Beacon Falls and 

 Newtown (Eames) ; Winchester, 1900, nest with four eggs 

 (Williams). 2 



Nest. Usually in the fork of a small Kalmia growing in the 

 woods, 1-2 feet from the ground ; composed of dry leaves, grape- 

 vine bark, woolly and cottony material, and lined with fine new 

 grass, grape-vine bark, root fibers, or horse-hair. 



Eggs. 2-5, usually 4; the beginning of June. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 25, 1880, four eggs 

 (J. N. C.).^ Latest record. June 24, 1893, four eggs (H. W. F.). 



Breeding localities. This species has been found breeding 

 in Stamford (Porter), Bridgeport (Beers and J. C. A. M.), up 

 the Housatonic as far as Beacon Falls and Newtown (Eames), 

 near New Haven (H. W. F., A. H. V., L. B. B.), Saybrook 

 (abundant, J. N. C), Deep River (H. W. F., Watrous), New 

 London (Hill). 



This species frequents the dense Kalmia thickets of wooded 

 hillsides. On account of its shy habits it is not as frequently seen 

 as heard. The Hooded Warbler has been heard singing as late as 

 July 22 (1904) by L. B. B. 



Wilsonia pusilla pusilla (Wilson). Wilson's Warbler. 

 A spring and fall migrant in May and September; usually 

 rather rare, and most often seen in the spring. 



1 O. and O., vi, 2, p. 9. 

 "Merriam, Birds o£ Conn., p. 25. 

 "Job, The Sport of Bird Study, p. 309. 



