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differing from the mature birds in having a large spot of lead color 
on the yellow of the breast. By the last of July this spot assumes 
the form of a band, and about the first week in August the birds 
leave here for the south, the young still retaining the lead colored 
band. 7 
24. Wilsonia mitrata. Common. Found everywhere, but 
most abundant on the lower half of the mountains. Breeds. 
25. Setophaga ruticilla. Abundant. Found mostly on the 
mountain. Breeds. Brighter plumage was, observed in the young 
and females than at the north. | 
TANAGRIDZ. 
26. Pyranga rubra. Common. Found mainly on the moun- 
tains, where it breeds. The adult males were not appreciably more 
intense in color than in Massachusetts, but the specimens taken in 
two cases out of three, had red feathers mixed with the black wing 
coverts, a variety found but rarely at the north. 
27. Pyranga eestiva. Apparently rare. But two individuals, 
both females, were procured during the summer. 
HIRUNDINIDZ. 
28. Hirundo horreorum. Common. Found everywhere. 
Breeds. 
29. Hirundo lunifrons. Common in localities. Found mostly 
in the bottoms. Breeds. 
, 80. Cotyle riparia. Common in localities. Found about the 
high banks of the river, where it breeds. 
31. Cotyle serripennis. Rare. A single specimen taken. 
32. Progne subis. Abundant. Found everywhere, breeding 
in houses put up for their use. A single instance of a colony breed- © 
ing in a hollow tree in the forest was noted. 
VIREONIDZ. 
83. Vireo olivaceus. Very common. Found most abun- 
dantly on the mountains. Breeds. : 
84. Vireo gilvus. Apparently rare. But two were taken. 
Probably breeds. . 
35. Vireo noveboracensis. Rather rare. Found equally 
distributed. Breeds. 
