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ther evidence of the manner of the bird's presence in 

 Connecticut, I will quote again from Mr. Merriam : " Mr. 

 W. W. Coe, who early became familiar with the note of 

 this species, tells me it has been a common bird in the 

 vicinity of Portland, Conn., for at least fifteen years 

 ever since he commenced collecting birds. Prof. William 

 D. Whitney, -of New Haven, informs me that he has 

 known the bird for at least thirty years, and that he has 

 always regarded it as common. His observations extend 

 over portions of Massachusetts (about Northampton), as 

 well as Connecticut. Mr. J. N. Clark, of Saybrook, 

 Conn., says that it was not rare, about the mouth of the 

 Connecticut, twenty-five years ago ; and Dr. Wm. Wood, 

 of East Windsor Hill, Conn., tells me that it has bred 

 regularly, and has not been uncommon in that vicinity 

 for the last twenty-five or thirty years." (B. Conn., 

 1877, p. 52.) 



In Dr. Cones' List of the Birds of New England, the 

 species is noted as a "summer visitant; rather rare" 

 (Pr. Essex Inst., v, 1868, p. 264). Dr. Brewer's Cata- 

 logue says, " rare summer resident" (Pr. Bost. Soc., xvii, 

 J 875, P- 443)- Mr. Allen's Massachusetts list mentions 

 the bird in identical terms (Bull. Essex Inst., x, 1878, p. 

 19). "The birds reach Massachusetts," says Mr. Minot, 

 "about the middle of May, and ordinarily remain there 

 four months" (B. N. E., 1877, p. 275). In Maine, both 

 Mr. Verrill and Mr. Boardman give the species as rare, 

 the one at Norway, the other at Calais. Mr. Brewster 

 has latterly found it a regular summer visitor to the Um- 

 bagog Lake region, where it was not ascertained to 

 occur in 1871. In Vermont, Mr. C. S. Paine has found 

 it about Randolph. In the region about Hamilton, 

 Canada West, it is noted by Mr. T. Mcllwraith to be a 



