100 THE NATURALIST'S GUIDE. 



31. Helminthophaga peregrina, Cab. - 

 Warbler. Very rare spring and autumn migrant. Be- 

 tween the 18th and the 24th of May, 1869, I shot four 

 specimens, all males, on apple-trees in Newtonville. This 

 is the first record of its capture in Eastern Massachusetts. 

 A pair, male and female, were shot by Mr. William Brew- 

 ster, near Mount Auburn, on high oak-trees. It has a very 

 pleasing note. Its breeding-place is unknown ; probably in 

 the northern sections of New England, however, it finds a 

 secure home. 



32. Helminthophaga pina, Baird. — Blue-winged 

 Yellow Warbler. Mr. E. A. Samuels gives it as a very 

 rare summer resident. "In 1857, in the month of May, 

 about the 12th or 15th, I found a small flock in Dedham, 

 Massachusetts." * It is also given, by other ornithologists, 

 as very rare. I have never met with it. 



33. Helminthophaga chrysoptera, Baird. — Golden- 

 winged Warbler. Rather common summer resident. Ar- 

 rives from May 15th to 29th. 



I had long suspected this beautiful Warbler of breed- 

 ing with us ; this season my suspicions w T ere confirmed. 

 The following is an extract from my note-book : — 



" June 12, 1869. — Walking this morning in a lane that 

 goes through a piece of woods in West Newton, my atten- 

 tion was attracted by hearing the sharp alarm-note of a 

 female of this species, who was sitting upon a small elm- 

 tree by the roadside, within a few yards of me. Knowing 

 by her actions that she had a nest in the immediate vicin- 

 ity, I retreated a few rods and watched her. In a few 

 moments she flew down into the grass and tall weeds at 

 the foot of the tree. I waited a little, then went quickly 

 to the spot ; after a short search I discovered the bird 

 sitting on the nest almost at my feet ! She instantly 

 flew off, and alighted upon a tree near by, disclosing to my 



* M Ornithology and Oology of New England," 1867, p. 213. 



