Some Birds of Rare or Accidental Oc- 

 ourrenoe ia New England. H.A.Purdi© 



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2. Helmitherus vermivorus. Worm-eating Warbler. — Mr. 

 Shores shot a male at Suffield (Hartford County), Conn., August 22,' 

 1874. This is, I think, its most northerly record in the Atlantic States 

 yet noted. 



Bull. N.0.0. 2, Jan.. 1877. p. 21 



The Worm-eating Warbler (Helmintherun vermivorus) breeding J 

 IN Southern Connecticut. — June 10, 1879, Mr. W. K. Nichols found 

 a nest of this species on the side of a ridge sloping toward the east into 

 Lake Saltonstall, near New Haven. The nest resembled those already 

 described, and contained four young and one egg. It was identified by 

 the capture of the sitting bird. This is, I believe, the first known instance 

 of its nesting in Connecticut. While collecting with Mr. Nichols, June 

 16, 1879, in the same section of country, we saw a pair of these birds 

 which must have nested there, although we were unable to find the nest. — 

 George Woolsey, New Haven, Conn. 



Bua N.0.0. 5,April, 1880. p. //4 . 



Nesting of the Worm-eating Warbler {Hehninthotherus vermivorus) 

 in Southern Connecticut.— One of our most trustworthy collectors, Mr. 

 Harry W. Flint, formerly of Deep River, but now of New Haven, Conn., 

 took a nest of this rare species at New Haven, June 7, 1885, containing five 

 eggs. He writes that "the nest was on the ground, and composed almost 

 wholly of leaves, and lined with red rootlets ; it was not roofed over, but 

 the leaves of the Kalmia, near the roots of which it was placed, almost hid 

 it from sight. Indeed, it was so clearly hidden that when I took my eyes 

 off it to follow the bird, it required fully a minute to find the nest again, 

 although I had not moved." It was on a hill-side, in a very secluded and 

 dark spot in deep woods. 



The nesting of this species at New Haven was noticed by Mr. George 

 Woolsey in 'Bulletin N. O. C.,' Vol. V, p. 1 16.— Jno. H. Sage, Portland, 

 Conn. Axik, 2, July, 1886. p. SOtT 



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The'' Worm-eating Warbler is a regular summer resident; I have found 

 them in about every swampy or partly inundated wood, especially if with 

 a rank growth of skunk cabbage. Twenty-five miles inland in the valleys 

 I have also found them rather common, and breeding in the same situa- 

 tions and in kalmia thickets, generally not far from a brook or standing 

 water. Auk X.JiB, 1893. p. 90. 



I also found a single male Worm-eating Warbler 

 { Helmitherus vermivoruf ') singing in the same locality on June 23, and 

 secured him on the 24th. fiej^cJL^ 'U^A^ J4-,/uj<^f ■ 



Auk, XVri, Oct., 1900, p, J^f , 



