198 VIREONID^ ; GREENLETS. 



cies was first given as a New England bird by Prof. 

 Chas. E. Hamlin, based upon a specimen which he 

 captured at Waterville, Me., May 21st, 1863. For the 

 next nine years it escaped the notice of our collec- 

 tors, when, during a collecting trip at the Umbagog 

 Lakes, Maine, I procured a specimen on June 3, 1872, 

 and on the following day, in company with Mr. Brew- 

 ster, obtained two more. In a communication from 

 Geo. A. Boardman, Esq., he states that on June 2d, 

 1872, he obtained a female at Calais, Me., the only 

 one, however, which he has met with. We did not 



hear of the Vireo again 

 until Sept., 1874, when 

 Mr. Brewster look six 

 specimens at Lake Um- 

 bagog. On Sept. nth, 

 1875 , 1 procured a female 

 at the foot of Ripogenus 

 Lake, a beautiful sheet 

 of water situated about 

 one hundred and fifty miles northeast from Umba- 

 gog Lake, and observed two others. There was an 

 immense migration of Warblers, Sparrows, and other 

 species on that morning, and the specimen taken was 

 in company with the Red-eyed and Yellow-throated 

 Vireo. All these individuals were undoubtedly on or 

 near their breeding grounds, and although but few 

 pass through the coast States, yet it is strange that 

 the species should have escaped the notice of so many 

 watchful collectors of the present day, until Mr. Brew- 

 ster procured a specimen in Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 

 7th, 1875. Three specimens were taken during the 

 first week of June, 1876, at Lake Umbagog, in which 



Fig. 48. — Details of Structure of 

 Brotherly-love Gkeenlet. (Natural size.) 



