284 MEMOIRS OF THE NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 



The stomachs of two Northern Shrikes in my collection taken in November 

 contained nothing but grasshoppers. One shot in December had eaten a Gol- 

 den-crowned Kinglet. Thorn-bushes on which they may impale their victims 

 are common in Essex County. 



257 [622e] Lanius ludovicianus migrans W. Palmer. 

 Migrant Shrike; Northern Loggerhead Shrike. 



Very rare visitor. 



A specimen was taken at Lynn on November 27th, 1877, and is recorded 

 by J. A. Allen. 1 It is possible that the specimen is the one now in the mounted 

 collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Cambridge, labeled Lynn, 

 collected by N. Vickary, and dated November, 1876. There are three speci- 

 mens in the collection of the Peabody Academy, labeled, respectively, Essex 

 County, 1 89 1 ; Swampscott, November, 1891 ; and Salem, 1899. A specimen 

 was taken at Ipswich 2 on March 29th, 1893, and was mounted by Vickary. On 

 September 15th, 1904, Mr. C. E. Brown captured a bird of this species at 

 Ipswich. It is now in the mounted collection of the Boston Society of Natural 

 History. 



258 [624] Vireo olivaceus (Linn.). 

 Red-eyed Vireo. 



Abundant summer resident ; May 9 to September 22 (October 26). 



Eggs : May 25 to July 20. 



The exceptionally late date, October 26th, records a bird observed at 

 Swampscott in 1876, by Mr. W. A. Jeffries. There is probably no bird song 

 that we hear so much as that of this bird and although it is somewhat monoto- 

 nous, it is cheerful and wears exceedingly well. 



1 J. A. Allen : Bull. Essex Inst., vol. 10, p. 15, 1878. 



2 N. Vickary : Ornithologist and Oologist, vol. 18, p. 51, 1893. 



