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five specimens, a $, on September 10, 1879, at Suffield (Coll. W. F. 

 H., No. 1531), a $, September 28, 1880, at West BridgA\'ater, Mass., 

 and three specimens on September 17, 1881, at the same place. (One 

 in Coll. W. F. H., No. 1497.) 



Mourning Warbler (Oporornis pliUadelpJiia) . — Rare in Connecti- 

 cut. Mr. Shores took only two specimens, a male. May 29, 1879 

 (Coll. W. F. H., No. 1484), and a male. May 22, 1877 (Coll. W. F. H., 

 No. 1485). These two records are not given by Sage and Bishop 

 and should be added to their list. 



Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens). — A rare breeder in that 

 section. Two taken, a male each time. May 17, 1877, and June 23, 

 1877 (Coll. W. F. H., Nos. 1405 and 1406). 



Wilsonia piisilla. — Rather rare. Nine specimens taken. A male 

 taken each on May 26, 1874, May 10, 11, 13 and 23, 1876, May 14, 

 1877, May 22, 1877, a female on August 31, 1877, and a male on 

 September 10, 1879. Two of these are in my collection. Sage and 

 Bishop say, "usually rather rare and most often seen in spring." 



Hooded Warbler {Wilsonia citrina). — ^Veiy rare. One specimen 

 taken, a male, on July 8, 1875, at Suffleld, Conn. (Coll. W. F. H., 

 No. 1508). Ridgway says in his Birds of North and Middle Amer- 

 ica, Vol. II, p. 706, of this species: "Breeding northward to Connec- 

 ticut (Suffield, etc.)." Evidently basing this upon the present speci- 

 men, perhaps the first specimen taken in Connecticut. The other 

 specimen in Dr. Shores' collection (now Coll. W. F. H., No. 1502) 

 was taken by the late Dr. E. A. Mearns, a male in high nuptial 

 plumage on May 21, 1878, at Highland Falls, New York, and seems 

 to be one of the earlier records for that state. 



The Titlark or Pipit is not mentioned from Connecticut. Two 

 specimens he took at Cranston, R. I., on November 20, 1874, and 

 several at Hampton, Va., in. 1892. The Catbird he found less com- 

 mon than the Brown Thrasher. Of the Wrens he mentions for 

 Connecticut only the House Wren, and from the Southwick Ponds 

 in Massachusetts the Short-billed Marsh Wren. The Brown 

 Creeper, the White-breasted and the Red-breasted Nuthatches he 

 found quite often. A remark under the Chickadee (Penthestes atri- 

 capillus) shows what a careful observer he was. He writes under 

 date of March 27, 1882, at West Bridgwater, Mass.: "Several times 

 this winter have heard a note that sounded like a Wood Pewee, but 

 yet I knew none of them could be, here at such a time. Today I've 

 stood within ten feet of a Chickadee and have seen him dilate his 

 throat and give utterance to a sound which I should express by 

 'chee-bir-de.' First syllable loud and long and the next of half 

 length and less volume, the last short and not loud enough to be 

 heard a great distance. The whole is rather brighter and quicker 



