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pine grove in Arlington, Mass. These also were among a flock of com- 

 mon Chickadees. The following day I shot one of them. The survivor 

 remained in the same grove as late as the 22d. On the 17th of November 

 of the same year I discovered another in a small grove composed of white 

 pines, pitch pines and red cedars in Waverlv, Mass. This bird remained 

 in the same wood throughout the following winter. I saw it at frequent 

 intervals up to April 5, 1890, when it disappeared together with a large 

 flock of the common species — its associates throughout the winter. Very 

 likely the Hudsonian came from the north with the Blackcaps in the 

 autumn and returned with them in the spring (r/. Allen, Bull. Mus. 

 Comp. Zool., II, 262). During its sojourn with us it was much less active 

 and noisy than its Black-capped cousins and stuck more closely to the 

 evergreen trees. While the Blackcaps made daily foraging excursions 

 extending a quarter of a mile or more beyond the limits of the grove, the 

 Hudsonian remained behind, silently awaiting their return. The peculiar 

 tone of its voice affected even its simple chip, so that, after long acquain- 

 tance, 1 could trace the bird merely by this simple clue. 



During a short trip with Mr. William Brewster to Mt. Graylock, Berk- 

 shire Co., Mass., Dec. 14-20, 1SS9, we found the Hudsonian Titmouse on 

 four several days — three or four specimens in second-growth pasture 

 spruces in the Notch (alt. 1600 ft.), and a flock, estimated at six to ten, in 

 the 'Mountain Pasture' (alt. 2200 ft.). 



Assuming that the Waverlv bird was not the survivor of the pair seen 

 in Arlington (the two localities are three and a half miles asunder), it 

 makes the ninth, I believe, recorded from eastern Massachusetts. At least 

 two unrecorded specimens have been killed in this neighborhood — one by 

 Mr. S. F. Denton in Wellesley, Oct. 30, 1880, and one by Mr. Brewster 

 in Belmont, Dec. 31, 18S4. It has also been taken in Rhode Island and 

 Connecticut. Instead of regarding this species as accidental in Massachu- 

 setts, as Mr. Allen does in his list of the birds of the State, I believe it to 

 be a rare (perhaps irregular) bird of passage in the eastern part of the 

 State, while probably considerable numbers descend in autumn along the 

 spruce belt of the Green Mountains into northern Berkshire. That it 

 breeds on Mt. Graylock I think improbable, as it was not found there in 

 the summer by either Mr. Brewster or myself during several weeks spent 

 in exploring the mountains in the years 1SS3, iSSS, and 1SS9. — Wal- 

 ter Faxon, Museum of Comparative Zoology-, Cambridge, A/ass. 



Myadestes townsendii in Nebraska. — In looking over a small collection 

 of mounted birds today (the property of Mr. L. Sessions, of Norfolk, Ne- 

 braska) I found a specimen of Myadestes townsendii which Mr. Sessions 

 assures me he took in that vicinity in winter some years ago. Unless I 

 am mistaken, this is rather out of its usual habitat and is worthy of 

 record. — Geo. L Toppan, Chicago, III. 



The Long-billed Marsh Wren, Maryland Yellow-throat. Nashville War- 

 bler and Great Blue Heron in Eastern Massachusetts in Winter. — On 

 November 1, 1SS9, I found two Long-billed Marsh Wrens (Cistothorus 



