l8o CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



of brush, a tree-box, on the porch of a house or the rafter of a 

 barn, on a ledge of rocks, on a fence rail — most frequently in a 

 tree. Height from ground, 3-60 feet; rarely, on the ground. 

 Building, April 15 to May 10. 



Eggs. 2-5, usually 3 or 4; early in May. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. April 21, 1883, two eggs (L. 

 B. B.). Latest record. August 3, 1882, four young (L. B. B.). 



Spotted eggs are occasionally found; e. g., 1884, Guilford, set 

 of four, profusely but faintly spotted with Mars brown (Wild- 

 man) ; 1885, ibid., four more heavily marked (Wildman) ; May 

 28, 1897, Woodbridge, set of three (H. W. F.). 



Runt eggs have been noted: June 3, 1882, Guilford, two 

 (L. B. B.) ; June 10, 1894, Branford, one (L. B. B.). 



Peculiar nests. May 12, 1894, New Haven, nest made of 

 thin strips of tissue paper, which depended from it in long 

 streamers (A. H. V.) ; May 22, 1898, nest with four eggs on the 

 ground on a railroad embankment (J. C. A. M.) ; May 15, 1903, 

 Trumbull, twin nest on girder in a barn, one containing four eggs 

 of Robin, the other five deserted eggs of Phoebe (Beers) ; May 

 7, 1907, Portland, nest in old Flicker's hole (J. H. S.). 



Partial albinos are quite common, having been noted a num- 

 ber of times in New Haven by L. B. B., and in Portland by 

 J. H. S. 



The Robin has been heard singing as late as Oct. 29 (1895) 

 by L. B. B. 



Sialia sialis sialis (Linnaeus). Bluebird. 



An abundant summer and common winter resident; migrants 

 arriving early in March and leaving in October and November. 



Earliest record.^ New Haven, March 6, 1894, March 4, 1901, 

 1906 (A. A. S.) ; Portland, March 2, 1900. 



Latest record,^ New Haven, Nov. 25, 1903, Nov. 26, 1906 

 (A. A. S.) ; Portland, Nov. 27, 1889. 



Winter records. This species has been recorded in January, 

 February, or December, in New Haven, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, 

 1888, 1889, 1896, 1898, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904 (L. B. B.) ; 

 1887 (L. B. W.) ; 1906 (E. S. W.) ; 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 (D. 

 B. P.) ; in Portland, 1861, 1871, 1874, 1877, 1878, i88o,- 1881, 



1 Migrants. 



