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field, Mass., between May 15 and 30, 1876— Fred. H. Keyes. vi., 21, 

 338— Arrived at Lebanon, III, March 17, 1876— Wm. L. 'Jones, vi., 

 23, 354— Arrived at Hollis, N. H., April 15, 1874; May 4, 1875; 

 April 8, 1876— W. H. Fox. vi , 34, 3b7— Notes a case of one Laving 

 its foot caught in a mussel shell — R. L. Kewcomb. vi., 25,402 — 

 Very common at Ann Arbor, iVdch after the first week in April ; eggs 

 are laid by May 1 and they depart South the last of September — A. B. 

 Covert, vi., 36, 418— Noticed at Salem, Mass., May 7, 1876— R. L. 

 Newcomb. viii., 7, 96— Noticed near Plymoufli, Mass., in 1852 — 

 F. C. Br )wne. viii., 15, 335 — Is found in limited numbers on the 

 Coteau des Prairies, Dakota, from June 21 to Sept. 8— Chas. E. Mc- 

 Chesuey. viii., 17, 368— Found near Washington, D. C— (R. F. 

 Boiseau). viii., 33, 361— Found in Michigan— " Archer" (G. A. 

 Stockwell). xi., 3, 47— Plentiful at Peotone^ 111.; brobablv breeds— 

 D. H. Eaton, xii., 10, 185— First noticed May 21, 1853, at Ply- 

 mouth. Mass.; young just hatched June 18— F. C. Browne, xii., 30, 

 385— First taken at Lake Como, Wyoming, May 3; not common un- 

 til May 15— S. W. WiUiston. 



Trochiius colubris. Ruby-throated Hummingbird, i., 8, 119— Account 

 of a battle between two Humoiingbirds at Kingston, N. Y., in which 

 one killed the other— Editors, vi., 14, 215— Arrived at West Farms, 

 N. Y., May 11, 1875— Winthrop G. Stevens, vi., 30. 318— Verycom- 

 mon visitor at Ana Arbor, Mich.; arrives by the middle of May ; nest 

 is built bv June 10 ; depart middle of September— A. B. I overt, vi., 

 30, 318 -One seen at Ferrisburgh, Vt., May 28, 1876— R. E. Robin- 

 son, vi., 31, 338— Noticed at Springfield, Mass., between May 15 

 and 20, 1676— Fred. H. Keyes. vi., 24, 386— Mai s arrived at River- 

 dale, N. Y., May 6, 1876— E. P. Bicknell. vi., 25, 402- Common in 

 Central New York May to September ; breeds— H. G. Fowler, viii., 

 7, 96— Noticed on Clark's Island, Plymouth, Mass., in 1852— F. C. 

 Browne, viii., 7, 96 — Common summer resident at Webster, N. H.; 

 breeds— Chas. F. Goodhue, viii., 17, 267— ( ommon summer resident 

 at Washington, D. C— (R. F. Boiseau). viii., 18, 280— General ac- 

 count of this species— Geo. Boudwin. viii., 19, 300— Found in Mich- 

 igan— "Archer" <G A. Stockwell). viii., 21, 341— The Ottawa 

 "Free Press" ( anada), of May 31, 1877, contains an account of the 

 remarkable tameness displayed I y a pair of these birds in entering a 

 room where flowers were. ' x , 5", 76— Dates of arrival in spring at 

 Framingham, Mass.. for 25 year;?— F. C. Browne, xii., 11, 205— 

 Common in Nova Scotia, arriving last week in May and leaving mid- 

 dle of Sept. — J. Matthew Jones. 



Troglodytes aedon.— House Wren, ii., 11, 163— Rarely seen in the Lake 

 Okeechobee region, Fla —Fred. A. Ober. v.; 17, 260— Found breeding 

 everywhere in the Black Hills by Geo. Bird Grinnell in 1874— Ernest 

 Ingersoll. v., 32, 340— Regularly raise two broods in a season near 

 Tr.nton, N. J.— Chas. C. Abbott, vi., 4, 53— First arrivals at 

 Ephrata, Penn., May 1, 1875— W. H. Spera. vi., 7, 99— Very rare 

 near Ann Arbor, Mich.; arrives Mav5; raises two broods and de- 

 parts Sept. 1— A. B. Covert, vi , 13, 180— Arrives in Central New 

 York in May ; not common in summer and departs south in October 

 — H. G. Fowler, vi.. 14, 215— Arrived at West Farms, N. Y.. April 

 23, 1875— Winthrop G. Stevens, vi., 15, 333 -Singing at Riverdale, 

 N. Y., April 37, 1876— E. P. Bicknell. vi , 20, 318— Formerly com- 

 mon at Ferrisburgh, Vt.; but never seen now— R. E. Robinson, vii., 

 26, 404— Noticed in Southeastern Wyoming, May 19. 1875— A. G. 

 Brackett. viii., 3, 33— Summer resident at Webster. N H.; usually 

 rare, but more common thi.':. year (1H76)—Chas. F. Goodhue, viii., 

 17, 261— Found in Michigan ; tlie Wood Wren is also given as having 

 been taken at Gross Isle, Wayne County, by Prof. Fox. but this sup- 

 posed species is shown to be oniv a different form of the common 

 Wren— "Archer" (Q. A. Stockwell). viii., 17, 268— Found near 



