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that given by the Rev. W. B. O. Peabody, of a specimen 

 from Stoneham, Mass., Nov. 27, 1837 (Rep. B. Mass., 

 1839, p. 238). Another is furnished by Mr. F. W. Put- 

 nam, who notes a capture by Mr. S. Jillson, at Swamp- 

 scott, Mass., April 22, 1852 (Pr. Essex Inst., i, 1856, 

 p. 224; not the same as given by Allen, ibid., iv, 1864, 

 p. 87 ; see also Coues, ibid., v, 1868, p. 297). Mr. F. T. 

 Jencks has lately published the record of a specimen 

 taken somewhere about 1857, at Westerly, Rhode 

 Island (Bull. Nutt. Club, vii, 1882, p. 124). Mr. G. A. 

 Boardman records the bird from Calais, Maine (Am. 

 Nat., iii, 1869, p. 498) ; and Mr. Purdie gives another 

 Maine case, that of a specimen from Booth Bay, last of 

 September, 1877 (Bull. Nutt. Club, v, 1880, p. 242). A 

 still more exceptional apparition of the bird in Hali- 

 fax, Nova Scotia, January 30, 1870, is given by Jones 

 (Am. Nat., iv, 1870, p. 253). Mr. C. P. Whitman 

 notes a specimen taken by Robert Wendell at Rock- 

 port, Mass., April 12, 1875 (Am. Nat., ix, 1875, p. 

 573). According to Merriam, one was taken about 1855 

 near Middletown, Conn., and is now in the Museum of 

 the Wesleyan University (Rev B. Conn., 1877, p. 119). 

 For New Brunswick we have two instances, one at Irish- 

 town, Apr. 6, 1881 (Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Club, vi, 1871, 

 p. 186) ; the other near Gagetown, on the St. John's river, 

 Sept., 1880 (Chamberlain, Bull. Nutt. Club, vii, 1882, p 

 105). These are the only cases which have come to our 

 knowledo^e. 



