28 LOCAL BREEDING BIRDS 
100. (673.) Prairie Warbler (Dendroica discolor). Local status: Locally 
common on Long Island, rare elsewhere. Szte: In briery bushes about 3 feet 
from the ground. Eggs: 4-5, white, spotted with cinnamon- or olive-brown, 
chiefly ina wreath at the larger end. Date: May 30. Group, Hall No. 308. 
tor. (674.) Oven-bird (Seiurus aurocapillus). Local status: Abundant 
summer resident. Szte: On the ground, usually in dry woods. Eggs: 4-5, 
white, speckled with reddish brown. Date: May 20. Group, Hall No. 308. 
102. (676.) Large-billed Water-Thrush (Sezurus motacilla). Loca! status: 
Not uncommon summer resident in lower Hudson Valley and northern New 
Jersey, rare on Long Island. Szte: In wet woods, beneath a bank, or the 
upturned roots of a fallen tree. Eggs: 4-6, white, speckled or spotted with 
reddish brown. Date: May rt. 
103. (677.) Kentucky Warbler (Geothlypis formosa). Local status: Locally 
common in the Hudson River Valley as far north as Ossining, rare elsewhere. 
Site: In the woods, on or near the ground. Eggs: 4-5, white, speckled or 
blotched with reddish brown. Date: June t. 
104. (681.) Northern Yellow-throat (Geothlypis trichas brachtdactyla). 
Local status: Abundant summer resident. Site: In swampy thickets, on the 
ground. Eggs: 4-5, white, thinly speckled and spotted with reddish brown, 
chiefly at the larger end. Date: May 25. Group, Hall No. 308. 
105. (683.) Yellow-breasted Chat (/cteria virens). Local status: Com- 
mon summer resident. Szte: In thickets, 2-3 feet from the ground, in the 
crotch of a bush. Eggs: 3-5, white, rather evenly speckled and spotted with 
reddish brown. Date: May 23. 
106. (684.) Hooded Warbler (IVzlsonia mitrata). Local status: Common 
summer resident in the lower Hudson Valley and eastward along the Sound, 
apparently a rare breeder elsewhere. Szte; In woods, 2—4 feet from the ground, 
in the crotch of a bush or sapling. Eggs: 4-5, creamy white, thinly speckled 
or spotted with reddish brown; color generally in a wreath at the larger end. 
Date: May t5. 
107. (687.) Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla). Local status: Abundant sum- 
mer resident. Szte: In the crotch of a sapling, 5-20 feet from the ground. 
Eggs: 4-5, bluish white, spotted and blotched, chiefly at the larger end, with 
cinnamon- or olive-brown. Date: May 17. Group, Hall No. 308. 
108. (704.) Catbird (Galeoscoptes carolinensis). Local status: Abundant 
summer resident. Szte: In thickets, about 3-5 feet from the ground. Eggs: 
3-5, greenish blue. Date: May 17. 
109. (705.) Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rujum). Local status: Common 
summer resident. Szte: In thickets, in the fork of a bush, or on the ground. 
Eggs: 3-6, grayish white, thickly, evenly and minutely speckled with reddish 
brown. Date. May 16. Group, Hall No. 208. 
110. (718.) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus). Local status: Per- 
manent resident of irregular distribution, evidently increasing in numbers. 
Site: In a hollow in a tree, bird-box or out-house. Eggs: 4-6, creamy white, 
with numerous reddish-brown and lavender markings. Date: March 28. 
111. (721.) House Wren (Troglodytes aédon). Local status: Common 
summer resident. Szte: In a hole in a tree or stump, a bird-box or crevice in 
an out-building. Eggs: 6-8, vinaceous, uniform or minutely speckled, with 
generally a wreath of a darker shade at the larger end. Date: May 18. 
