230 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



Helmintkophaga lawrencii Herrick, Proc. acad. nat. sci. Phila., 1874, 

 p. 220, pi. 15. " near Chatham, New Jersey." 



Probably a hybrid form between H. pinus and H. chrysoptera, which it 

 resembles in habits. 



M \ss. One recorded as seen at Dedham, May 27, 1908. 



Conn. Summer resident: Bridgeport, New Haven, Portland, Stam- 

 ford. May 12- July. Eggs, June 14. 



Helminthophila leucobronchialis (Brewster) Ridgway. 

 Brewster's warbler; White throated warbler. 



Helminthophaga leucobronchialis Brewst., Bull. Nuttall ornith. club, 

 1876, vol. 1, p. 1, pi. 1. "Newtonville, Mass." 



Probably a hybrid form between H. pinus and H. chrysoptera, which it 

 resembles in habits. 



Mass. Rare summer resident in eastern part (Hudson, Lexington, 

 Newtonville, Jamaica Plain). May 14-summer. Eggs, June 8-18. 



Conn. Rare summer resident. May 6-Aug. 8. Eggs, June 24. 



"Musctcapa minuta" Wilson = Wilsonia microcephala (Ridgway). 

 Small headed flycatcher. An hypothetical species, described by Wilson 

 and accredited to Massachusetts by Nuttall, Brewer, and Pea body. 



Penthestes atricapilltjs septentrionalis (Harris). Long tailed 

 chickadee. Erroneously recorded from Rhode Island; the specimen 

 proves to be P. a. atricapillus. 



Sylvia atricapilla (Linne) Scopoli. 



European blackcap warbler; Blackcap. 



Dresser, Birds of Europe, 1871-81, vol 2, p. [421], pi. [66]. Egg, See- 

 bohm, 1896, p. 201, pi. 52, fig. 17-19. 



Motacilla atricapilla Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 187. "in 

 Europa." 



Groves and orchards; nests in bushes. 



Mass. Unsuccessfully introduced at Cambridge prior to 1877. 



Turdus pilaris Linne. Fieldfare. A European species, once taken 

 near Stamford, Conn., Mar. 1888, but this probably an escaped cagebird. 



Planesticus merUla (Linne). Blacklird. A male, probably an 

 escape, spent the writer of 1908-09 near the Boston public garden. 



Saxicola oenanthe leucorhoa (Gmelin). Greenland wheatear. 

 The supposed Maine records in reality refer to birds taken across the line in 

 New Brunswick. 



