fee iaak dl Wricut, Orange-crowned Warbler in Massachusetts. 19 
One seen by Mrs. Elizabeth M. Dunham in Auburndale, Decem- 
ber 20, 1909, which, Mrs. Dunham states, “came into an apple 
tree close by a window where I was feeding some Chickadees, and 
remained some minutes.” 
One seen by Mr. H. L. Barrett in the Arborway, Jamaica Plain, 
not far from Jamaica Pond, Boston, November 19, 1911. 
One seen by Mr. Barrett in Jamaica Plain on December 16, 1912. 
One seen by Mr. Barrett beside Scarboro Pond in Franklin 
Park, Boston, with Mr. Ralph M. Harrington on November 15, 
1914. 
One seen by Miss E. D. Boardman at West Manchester on the 
North Shore, October 29, 1915, “near my bird bath.” 
These records make a contribution of nine more to the number 
for this vicinity, two in October, four in November, and three 
additional winter records, namely, December 16, 20, and January— 
February. Combining the records now presented in the several 
groups given, we find that, beginning with the year 1908, in the last 
eight years no year is without a record: 1908 and 1910 each have 
two records; 1911, 1912, 1913, each have one; 1909 and 1914 each 
have three; 1915 has six. In the years previous to 1908 there are 
two records in 1905, one each in 1904 and in 1901, three in 1900, 
three in 1891, and one in 1885, all these being the records of Mr. 
Brewster, except the 1901 Brookline bird and the 1905 Abington 
bird. So the appearance of the Orange-crowned Warbler in this 
vicinity, based upon records, may be said to have been more 
regular in the last eight years than in the twenty-three years 
preceding, although the increase of intelligent observers afield in 
the more recent years may in part account for the difference. 
The oft-repeated presence of the Orange-crowned Warbler in 
the region of Boston in November, eighteen occurrences have been 
presented, together with its several recent recorded appearances 
in December and January, ten in number, whereas there are fewer 
September and October records, indicates that they are mostly 
the very late migrating birds which reach this section. As the 
species is a summer resident of the far northwest, Manitoba to 
Alaska, and its fall migration to the Atlantic Coast is southeasterly, 
passing, however, mostly west of the Alleghanies to the South 
Atlantic and Gulf States, the individuals which reach New Eng- 
