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57. Pyranga sestiva Vicill. Summer Redbird. Accidental sum- 

 mer visitor. Several instances of its capture arc on record. Mr. N. 

 Vickary informs me that a specimen (hitherto unrecorded) was taken 

 in Swampscot in June, 1866. 



*58. Hirundo horreorum Barton. Barn Swallow. Common 

 summer resident. 



*59. Tachycineta bicolor Cab. White-bellied Swallow. Com- 

 mon summer resident. 



*60. Petrochelidon lunifrons Cab. Eave Swallow; Cliff 

 Swallow. Common summer resident. 



*61. Cotyle rip aria Bote. Bank Swallow. Common summer 

 resident. 



*62. Progne purpurea Boie. Purple Martin. Common sum- 

 mer resident. 



63. Ampelis garrulus Linn. Bohemian Waxwing. Acciden- 

 tal in winter. To the few previous records of its capture I here add 

 another, a female, taken by Mr. N. Vickary at Lynn, Feb. 18, 1877. 



*64. Ampelis cedrorum Baird. Cedar Bird; Cherry Bird. 

 Common summer resident; frequently seen in winter in roving flocks, 

 and at localities where it finds food. 



*65. Vireo olivaceus Vieill. Red-eyed Virko. Abundant sum- 

 mer resident. 



66. Vireo philadelphicus Cass. Philadelphia Vireo. Very 

 rare. Only one instance of its capture thus far recorded. (Cambridge, 

 Sept., 7, 1875, Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, I, 1876, 19. For a record 

 of its occurrence in New England prior to Sept., 1876, see Deane, Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, I, 74; see further, Fox, ibid, II, 78.) 



*67. Vireo gilvus Bon. Warbling Vireo. Common summer 

 resident. 



♦68. Vireo flavifrons Vieill. Yellow t -tiiroated Vireo. Rather 

 common summer resident. 



*69. Vireo solitarius Vieill. Solitary Vireo; Blue-headed 

 Vireo. Common spring and autumn migrant; a few pass the summer 

 here and breed. 



*70. Vireo noveboracensis Bon. White-eyed Vireo. More 

 or less common summer resident at certain localites. 



71. Collurio borealis Baird. Butcher Bird; Great Northern 

 Shrike. Rather common winter visitant. 



72. Collurio ludovicianus Baird {C. hidovicianus et excubito- 

 roides auct.). Logger-head Shrike. Accidental. Several recent 

 records of its occurrence. West Newton, Oct. 21, 1872 (Purdie, Am. 

 Nat., VII, 1873, 115; first authentic record for the state); Newton- 

 ville, 1874 (Maynard, Am. Sports., V, 313, Feb. 13, 1875). A specimen 

 (now first recorded) was also taken in Lynn, Nov., 1877, by Mr. N. 

 Vickary. 



