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The Cedar Waxwing was of course a common species there, but 

 of the Northern Shrike there are very few records, a J* taken No- 

 vember 27, 1876, in Suffield, Conn. (ColL W. F. H., No. 1366), and 

 a $ taken February 28, 1880 at Suffield, which had a mouse in its 

 stomach, and four seen during the winter of 1883 to 1884 at West 

 Bridgwater, Mass. 



Family Yireonidae. 



The Red-eyed Vireo (F. oUvocea) is the most common, followed 

 by the Yellow-throated (V. flmnfrons), the White-eyed (V. griseus), 

 the Blue-headed {V. solitarws), and the Warbling (V. gilvus) in 

 regular order of abundance, but there is only one record for the 

 Philadelphia Vireo (Vireosylva pMladelphica) , a female taken Sep- 

 tember 10, 1879, at Suffield, Conn. This is always a rare species 

 and this record constitutes apparently the first one for Connecti- 

 cut It is now No. 1493, Coll. W. F. H. (Sage and Bish. Birds of 

 Conn., p. 145). 



Family Mniotiltidae. 



Black and White Warbler (MniotiUa voria). — Common in this 

 region. Migration dates: May 20, 1875; May 11, 1876; April 21, 

 1877; April 30, 1882; April 28, 1883; April 27., 1884. Fall dates: 

 September 9, 1874; September 12, 1877; September 11, 1878. 



Worm-eating Warbler (Helniitlieros vermivorus) . — Very rare. 

 One specimen taken August 22, 1874, a male (Coll. W. F. H., No. 

 1611). This is the specimen mentioned by Merriam in the Trans, 

 Conn. Acad. Sc. IV, 1877, 12, and is certainly the one mentioned 

 by Purdie, Bull. Nutt. Om. Club II, 1877, 21. No doubt the first 

 specimen taken in North Connecticut, and at that time the north- 

 ernmost one in New England. 



Vermivora pinus. — This warbler is still reported as rare in Mas- 

 sachusetts. Dr. Shores took only one specimen, a male, May 27, 

 1878, at Suffield, Conn. (Coll. W. F. H., No. 1540). 



Brewster's Warbler (Vermivora leucotroncTiialis) . — This rare 

 species was once taken by Mr. Shores July 3, 1875 (Coll. W. F. H., 

 No. 1541), a male at Suffield, Conn. Second specimen taken in Con- 

 necticut, fourth specimen ever taken — there is one from Massachu- 

 setts, 1858, and one from Massachusetts, 1870, one from Connecti- 

 cut, May 25, 1875. 



Golden-winged Warbler {Yermivora clirysoptera) . — Quite a num- 

 ber of records: June 17, 1875, a J' taken; July 7, 1876, a pair of 

 adult and three young taken, (a breeding record) ; August 7, 1878, 

 two J'c? and one 5 taken; August 10, 1878, two c?,^ taken; August 

 14, 1878, three t^^c^ taken (two in Coll. W. F. H., Nos. 1503 and 

 1523), and June 9, 1879, a S taken (Coll. W. F. H., No. 1504). Only 

 one of these records given by Sage and Bishop. 



