30 COUESy BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND, 



A very rare summer visitant throughout New England. 

 (Waterville, Me., Haml., p. 4, only recorded instance.) 

 But it is probably of regular though very rare occurrence. 

 Vireo soliiarius Vieill. — Blue-headed Vireo. Eather 

 rare summer resident. Breeds throughout. 



No. 473, ^. Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1855. 



Vireo jlavifrons Vieill . — Yellow-throated Vireo . Com- 

 mon summer resident, chiefly in more southern sections. 

 (Waterville, Me., Haml., p. 4; not recorded in other 

 Maine lists.) 



No. 474, $. Essex Co. S. Jillson, March, 1855. 



Vireo JSTovceboracensis Bonap. — White-eyed Vireo. 

 Summer resident, chiefly of more southern sections ; and, 

 singularly enough, very rare in or absent from particu- 

 lar localities. Not recorded in Maine lists. "Not known 

 at Springfield, Mass." {AIL, p. 67. "Rather common:" 

 Essex Co., Mass., Putn., p. 213.) 



No. 472, $. Essex Co. S. Jillsou, March, 1855. 



TEOGLODYTIDJE. 



Troglodytes a'idon Vieill. — House Wren. — Common 

 summer resident. I do not think it goes much north of 

 New England. 



Troglodytes Americanus Aud. — Wood Wren. This is 

 a species recognized by all the local writers, chiefly as a 

 spring and autumn migrant, but probably also breeding. 

 Its relations to a'edon are very intimate, and the species is 

 by many authors considered as a dubious one. (Omitted 

 from Sam. O. 0.) 



I have in my private cabinet a specimen taken many 

 years ago near Portsmouth, N. H., which was examined 

 by Mr. Audubon himself, and pronounced to be of this 

 species. It is rather larger and browner, and with less of 

 a light superciliary line than the average of a'edon; but 

 looks very like a House Wren. 



Anorthura hyemalis Rennie. — Winter Wren. Not 

 a])undant. Chiefly winter resident, but also breeds, at 

 least in northern sections. (Calais, Me.,^oarc?w.,p. 126.) 



Oistothorus palustris Cab. — Marsh Wren. — Summer 



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