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Hampshire. We found several pairs on the east slope of Stone Hill, and 

 quite a colony on the western slope of Northwest Hill on both the 

 Massachusetts and Vermont (Pownal) side of the State line. 



Ammodramus savannarum passerinus. One pair found on the east 

 slope of Northwest Hill in Williamstown. 



Vireo flavifrons. This species and V. gtlvtis were heard in the village 

 of Williamstown, and the former also at South Williamstown. 



Dendroica aestiva. A single bird was heard singing on Mt. Greylock 

 at 2500 feet elevation. 



Cistothorus palustris. A pair were found inhabiting a small flag-grown 

 meadow brook in Hoosac Swamp in Williamstown (600 ft.). Pontoosuc 

 Lake is the only other locality in the county from which they have been 

 recorded. 



Hylocichla aliciae bicknelli. One heard calling on the summit of Mt. 

 Greylock on the iSth. 



Hylocichla guttata pallasii. One heard singing on the Greylock range. 



Hylocichla mustelina. One pair found about the meadow in the 

 Hoosac Swamp in Williamstown among some alders, and others were 

 heard singing on the side of Mt. Greylock at 2800 feet elevation. 



Sialia sialis. Exceedingly abundant in the low country. — Reginald 

 Heber Howe, Jr., Longtvood, Mass. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Grinnell's ' Check-List of California Birds. ' * — Mr. Grinnell's ' Check- 

 List of California Birds ' has evidently been prepared with care and gives 

 a large amount of information in a condensed form about the manner of 

 occurrence of California birds within the State of California. The list 

 numbers 491 species and subspecies, with an additional ' Hypothetical 

 List' of 33 species "ascribed to California, but concerning which there 

 is doubt either as to the evidence of their occurrence or as to their validity 

 as species." Doubtless many of these will be later added to the fauna of 

 the State through positive records of occurrence. An ' accidental,' "to 

 be worthy of a place on the State List," according to the author's excel- 



' Check-List of California Birds. By Joseph Grinnell. Pacific Coast Avi- 

 fauna, No. 3. Cooper Ornithological Club of California. Large 8vo, pp. 92, 

 2 col. maps. 



