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pecker, a $ taken July 30, 1874, at Suffield, Conn. (coll. W. F. H., 

 No. 1394). This is the specimen mentioned by Merriam in Trans. 

 Conn. Ac. Sci. IV, 1877, 65, and is the only indisputable specimen 

 taken in Connecticut, as Linsley only saw one, and no one seems 

 to know anything definite about the one killed by Dr. Crary at 

 Hartford and the date of its capture. Dr. Shores' specimen is 

 likewise the first one taken in New England. 



Order MacrocJiires. 



The Whip-poor-will, Nighthawk, Ruby-throated Hummer and 

 Chimney Swift are all well known birds of this region. Of the 

 latter species he has one shot July 21, 1879, at Suffield, Conn., 

 (Coll. W. F. H., No. 1422), a J' that had three testicles, two of the 

 usual size, and on the right side another from the same duct about 

 two-thirds the size of the other, certainly an interesting specimen 

 anatomically. 



Order Passeres. 

 Family Tyrannidae. 



Kingbird (Tyrannus lyrannus). — Common. Migration dates: 

 May 12, 1876, and May 11, 1884. 



Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchtis crinitus). — A rare bird in that 

 region. He took only four speciments, two of which I now have, 

 a (^ taken September 10, 1877, and a ?, taken May 17, 1877 (Coll. 

 W. F. H., Nos. 1400 and 1401). 



PhcBbe (Sayornis pJioehe). — Common. Migration dates: April 21, 

 1875; April 12, 1876; April 23, 1877; April 7, 1882; April 4, 1883; 

 March 27, 1884. The specimen taken April 21, 1875, a ^, had some 

 long white worms just in front of the eye similar to those found 

 in the Snake Bird (AnMnga anhinga). 



Olive-sided Flycatcher (Nutallornis dorealis). — Rare. Dr. 

 Shores took only one specimen of this bird, a c^, on August 5, 

 1874, at Suffield, Conn. (Coll. W. F. H., No. 1560). This is the 

 first specimen ever taken in Connecticut (Sage and Bishop, Birds 

 of Conn., p. 102). 



"Wood Pewee (Myioclianes virens). — Common summer resident. 



Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidoncix flaviventris) . — Rather 

 rare. Mr. Shores took ten specimens of this species, and I be- 

 lieve the earliest records from the state, since Sage and Bishop 

 mentionj only one earlier, August 21, 1876, a pair (^^ in Coll. W. F. 

 H., No. 1562 and $, No. 1563); May 25, 1877, two males (one (^ 

 in Coll. W. F. H., No. 1564); May 17, 1877, a c^; June 4, 1878, a ?; 

 August 30, 1879, a c?; September 1, 1879, a J'; September 4, 1879, 

 a $; September 10, 1879, a $. 



Empidonax minimus. — Common. Migration dates: May 4, 1876; 

 May 9, 1877; May 5, 1882; May 12, 1883. 



