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VERMONT AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 
Golden-crowned Accentor ; Oven Bird. Siunis auricapillus^ Sw. 
This peculiar nest builder that gives it its name from roofing 
over its nest is not common, yet is often seen in southern part of 
the state. 
New York Accentor ; Water Thrush. S iur us nee vius^ Comq^. 
This bird is found in all suitable places. Is a, summer resident 
of our swamps, especially of the sphagnous variety. Its nest is 
on the ground and built of mosses, lined with slender rootlets. 
Maryland Yellow-throat. Geothlypis trichas^ Cab. 
Any bush in Vermont may contain one of those jubilant little . 
birds, with the nest near at hand at foot of bush or tussock, and 
sometimes partly roofed over, made vfith dry leaves, grasses, etc., 
lined with fine fibers or hair. 
Yellow-breasted Chat. Icteria virens, Bd. 
Very rare. Nest in bush some three feet from ground, built 
of leaves, dried grass, bark, etc., lined with fine fibers of same 
material. 
Green black-capped Warbler. Wilsonia pusilla^ Bp. 
In northern Vermont as a variety, in winter. 
Canadian fltcatching Warbler. Wilsonia Canadensis^ Coues. 
A common summer resident. Builds on ground under tuft of 
grass ; builds of the needles of spruce or pine. 
Redstart. Setophaga ruticilla^ Sw. 
A summer resident. One of the most active of the flycatchers. 
Builds nest in fork of a sapling, from five to twenty feet from 
ground. 
FAMILY TANAGRID^.— Tanagers. 
Scarlet Tanager. Pyranga rubra^ V. 
One of our most brilliant summer residents. Builds its nest 
in groves, and even in our orchards, of strips of bark, rootlets, 
twigs and leaves, nicely lined with materials of some kind. 
FAMILY HIRUNDINIDiE.— Swallows. 
American Barn Swallow. Hirundo erythrogastra horreorum^ Coues. 
Too common and well-known to need comment. 
White-bellied Swallow. Iridoprocne bicolor, Coues. 
Often accept boxes put up for them, and yet build in stumps 
and natural holes in trees, etc. Do not use mud, but build of 
dried grass lined with feathers. 
Cliff, or Eave Swallow. Petrochelidon lunifrons^ Cab. 
Build under eaves of buildings when there is a little ledge to 
hold nests, otherwise on hard banks, or perpendicular face of 
rock ; common. 
