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Mr. R. Deane, of Cambridge, Mass. The specimens were found at 
Upton, Maine, June 10, 1870: — 
*«The nest was placed in a forked branch of a low spruce about three 
feet from the ground, on a rising piece of land leading from a wood path. 
The nest, which contained four eggs, was constructed of dry grass, spruce 
twigs, roots, &., and was lined with fine black roots, the whole being 
quite a coarse structure for so dainty a looking Warbler. 
“«The eggs were more spherical than any Warbler’s I have seen, the 
ground being a creamy white, and blotched sparsely over with large 
spots of lilac and umber. 
‘¢The dimensions are as follows: .62 by .52 inch; .61 by .52 inch; 
.62 by .50 inch; .63 by .52 inch.” 
MYIODIOCTES MINUTUS. “‘Small-headed Flycatcher.” — Although Dr. 
Brewer informed Mr. Peabody that ‘*‘ it has been found in Ipswich, Mass., 
and that he picked up a specimen, evidently just dead, on the step of his 
door in Brookline, Mass.,” I think that its occurrence in New England 
must be regarded as very doubtful, even if the species exists, which many 
naturalists deny. Some one of the species of Empidonax, as Dr. Coues 
remarks, was probably mistaken for it. 
MYIODIOCTES CANADENSIS. Canada Flycatcher.— This species probably 
more often nests on the ground and in damp situations than elsewhere. 
A nest found in Lynn, Mass., some years since, by George Wells, is thus 
described, Vol. VI. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.: ‘‘The nest was 
found in low swampy ground, and was built at the foot of a tussock of 
thick grass, on the ground. It was constructed almost entirely of leaves 
of the white pine, so loosely arranged that it was found necessary to sew 
them together, in order to preserve it. The eggs, five in number, in 
shape are an oblong ovoid, 3.4ths of an inch in length by 9.16ths in 
breadth; their ground color is a bluish-white, irregularly marked with 
dots and small blotches of reddish-brown.” 
PYRANGA STIVA. Summer Red Bird. — Accidental summer visitor to 
southern portions. Two taken in Lynn, Mass., April 21, 1852, by S. 
Jillson; one taken in Framingham, Mass., May; one in Amherst, Mass., 
August, 1867. 
COLLYRIO EXCUBITOROIDES. White-rumped Shrike. — Said by Nuttall 
to have been seen in Massachusetts in winter. Doubtful. 
VIREO PHILADELPHICUS. Philadelphia Vireo. — Very rare summer visi- 
tor; only one instance of its occurrence on record. Waterville, Me., 
— Professor C. E. Hamlin. 
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