H. CELATA : ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. 119 



The presence of the Orange-crown in New Eng- 

 land is not easy to account for, as indeed is also the 

 case respecting its appearance in the eastern United 

 States at large. It appears to be essentially a bird of 

 western North America, occurring rarely and irregu- 

 larly in the Atlantic States. Previous to 1864 we had 

 a few notices of its appearance in the latter, as those 

 given by Audubon and Nuttall. Mr. Allen was the 

 first to show its presence in New England, at Spring- 

 field, Mass., May 15, 1863 (Bull. Essex Inst., iv, 

 1864, p. 60). There are two other Massachusetts 

 records (Lynn, Jan. i. 1875, Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc., 

 xvii, Mar., 1875, P- 4395 an d Concord, Oct. 2, 1876, 

 Breiuster, Bull. Nuttall Club, i, Nov., 1876, p. 94). 

 Mr. Brewster's specimen was a female, found indus- 

 triously gleaning insects among some low scattered 

 birches in company with Black-throated Green, Black- 

 poll, and Nashville Warblers. Mr. W. H. Fox found 

 the bird at Hollis, New Hampshire, as stated in For- 

 est and Stream, vi, p. 354. A second New Hamp- 

 shire specimen was taken at the Isles of Shoals, Sept. 

 9, 1877 ; this was a female, "in a small flock supposed 

 to be of the same species" (Bull. Nutt. Club, iii, Apr., 

 1878, p. 96). There is also a reference to a Rhode 

 Island capture at Cranston, Dec. 3, 1874 (Purdie, Bull. 

 Nuttall Club, ii, Jan., 1877, P- 2I )- Though the bird 

 has not yet been reported from Connecticut, it unques- 

 tionably occurs in that State, having been noticed by 

 Mr. E. P. Bicknell in New York close by the Con- 

 necticut border (see Merriam, Rev. B. Conn., 1877, 

 p. 15). Bearing the close resemblance that it does to 

 several other species, it is not unlikely to escape obser- 

 vation unless very carefully sought for. 



