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None were reported along the coast. 



Attk, VI. April. 1889. p. jf^. 



Golden-winged Wabbler. — We have just 

 handled a beautiful Golden-winged War- 

 bler {Jlelminthophaga chrysopteyra), shot^ 

 this morning at Higgannm, Conn., by Mr. 

 Harry W. Flint of Deep Eiver. This is u 

 one of the rarer Warblers. We have seen g i 

 but five here (Portland), during the last 

 eight years. May 19, 1875, when watch- ^ 

 ing some other Warblers in a small piece *->: 

 of woods, one of this species, with out- S 

 spread wings, suddenly dropped beside '^i 

 our feet. It was very much excited and C" 

 must have been chased by a Hawk. — J. . 

 H. Sage, Portland, Conn., May 17, 1882.^ 



He.lmtnthophila chrysoptei-a is a not uncommon summer resident, arriv- 

 ing as early as the 8th of May and frequenting dense swamps and swampy 

 woodland. It is partial to hickory, oak and buttonwood trees, and when 

 migrating in the spring may be found on high scrubby ground and in old 

 pastures anti orchards. The past season (1892) a male was captured in 

 my door-yard — an unusual place, as it is not the custom of this Warbler 

 to visit the thickly settled portions of the village. 



To hunt this bird successfully it is necessary to become familiar with 

 the odd song. Did it not in this manner reveal its identity, it would be 

 almost impossible to find it when jjerched among the young leaves on a 

 buttonwood or hickory tree. 



My series of skins of this species, taken here during the past eighteen 

 years, shows many odd variations. 



A nest containing four fresh eggs was taken June 4, 1892. It was on 

 the ground in a swaiupy spot and under a skunk cabbage {Symplocarpus 

 fcetidus). The eggs are pure white, evidently an abnormal set. The 

 female was secured^as she flew from the nest. The male was also seen. It 

 had the typical black throat. I believe the eggs of this Warbler have not 

 been recorded from the State before. 



In other sections of Connecticut H. chrysoptera is considered rare. At 

 Saybrook, New Haven, Bridgeport and Seymour they are seldom seen. 

 Mr. Willard E. Treat, an experienced collector living at East Hartford, 

 Conn., (fifteen miles north of this place) tells me that he has never found 

 there any of the Warblers mentioned in this article. i 



The interbreeding o( chrysoptera and pinus, at Portland, was noted in | 

 'TheAuk'.(Vol. VI, July, 1889). ^uk X, April , 1893. o.208.| 



