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I, 1883; Portland, Oct. 27, 1884, 1885; East Hartford, Nov. 8, 

 1890 (W. E. T.). 



Winter records. Dec. 14, 22, 1877, Portland (J. H. S.) ; 

 March i, 1878, New Haven (Hotchkiss) ; Jan. 6, 1882, Guilford 

 (L. B. B.) ; Jan., 1883, Saybrook (J. N. C.) ;^ Dec. 26, 1892, 

 New Haven (H. W. F.) ; Jan. 22, 1896, East Haven (L. B. B.) ; 

 Jan. 8, 1901, Portland (J. H. S.) ; Dec. 18, 1903, Guilford (L. 

 B. B.) ; Jan. i, 1904, Bristol (Smith and Bruen) ; Jan. 19, 1907, 

 New Haven (A. A. S.) ; Feb. 13, 191 1, Portland (J. H. S.). 



Summer records. June 19, 1887, Hartford County, nest with 

 three eggs found ("An Observer ") ;2 July 2, 1891, Litchfield, 

 speckled young found, probably one of a brood raised near by 

 (L. B. W.) f June 20, 23, 1893, ^wo nests containing three eggs 

 each taken at Norfolk (J. H. S.) ;* June 18, 1904, Salisbury, 

 several heard and one taken (J. H. S. and L. B. B.) ; May 27, 

 1905, Litchfield, breeding female taken (E. S. W.) ; July, 1906, 

 Salisbury (H. K. J.) ; June 23, 1907, Litchfield, male in song 

 (E. S. W.). 



Planesticus migratorius migratorius (Linnaeus). Robin. 



An abundant summer and an irregular winter resident; the 

 majority arriving in March and leaving in October. 



Earliest record.* New Haven, March 7, 1903, 1910, March 

 3, 1902 (A. A. S.) ; Portland, March 3, 1884. 



Latest record.^ New Haven, Nov. 28, 1900, 1903 ; Portland, 

 Nov. 27, 1 88 1. 



Winter records. This species has been recorded in January, 

 February, or December, in New Haven, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 

 1886, 1896, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905 (L. B. B.) ; 1887 (L. B. W.) ; 

 1906 (E. S. W.) ; 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 (D. B. P.) ; in Portland, 

 1863, 1880, 1882, 1885, 1886, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1896, 1897, 

 1899, 1900, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1910 (J. H. S.). A few probably 

 winter regularly each year. 



Nest. In almost every possible situation ; the fork of a limb 

 of a tree, on a stump close to the ground, on a fallen limb, a pile 



' O. and O., viii, lo, p. 80. 

 ^ Oblogist, viii, 4, p. 92. 



^ Auk, ix, 2, p. 202. 



*Auk, X, 4, p. 371. 

 * Migrants. 



