at ae Wariacut, Orange-crowned Warbler in Massachusetts. 11 
THE ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER AS A FALL AND 
WINTER VISITANT IN THE REGION OF BOSTON, 
MASSACHUSETTS.! 
BY HORACE W. WRIGHT. 
My records of the Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata 
celata) in the Boston Region during a period of eight years ending 
with January, 1916, supplemented by the records of other ob- 
servers, indicate that in recent years one or more individuals of 
the species are not unlikely to be found here by an observer who is 
much afield in the late autumn or early winter. To be sure, it is 
pretty much a matter of good fortune to find the individual bird 
or birds, since several fellow members of the Nuttall Ornithological 
Club inform me that they have not in a life’s experience seen one 
in the wild. My own experience is, therefore, a fortunate one. 
Mr. William Brewster in his ‘Birds of the Cambridge Region,’ 
published in 1906, gives nine records within the years 1885-1905, 
seven records of birds in his own garden and two others in Belmont. 
He has now kindly furnished me with two subsequent records for 
his garden, one in 1910 on November 20-21 and one in 1914 on 
September 23. Mr. Brewster’s interesting experience and testi- 
mony first established the fact that the Orange-crown is more than 
an accidental visitant in the autumn in this region. My own 
records corroborate this idea and suggest, together with his, that 
while the species must still be regarded as a rare migrant, yet it 
may be looked for with a fair degree of expectation of finding it. 
Mr. Brewster’s eleven records lie within the period of the autumn 
from September 23 to November 28. There are three for Septem- 
ber, namely, the 23d, and the 30th twice; none for October; and 
eight for November, namely, 7th, 9th, 10th, 17th, 20th—2\1st, 
23d-24th, 25th, and 28th. On two occasions two birds were 
present, November 9 and 28. My own records run later. The 
earliest is November 5, and the latest is January 23. They are 
‘1 Read before the Nuttall Ornithological Club, April 17, 1916. 
