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October 25, 1878. This capture, which has not been heretofore re- 

 ported, antedates by nine years that of the bird recorded by me in 

 the "Auk" (Vol. VII, January, 1890, p. 91). The latter was 

 taken in Woburn, Massachusetts, and not, as originally reported, at 

 Arlington Heights. 



OTOCORIS ALPESTRIS PBATICOLA. Prairie Horned Lark. 



Smaller than alpestris, and duller colored, with less yellow on 

 head, the forehead and line over the eye soiled white without 

 trace of yellowish ; the yellow of the throat pale, often confined to 

 the chin, and sometimes nearly or quite wanting. 



This form was first described in 1884 (Henshaw, Auk, Vol. I, July, 

 1884, p. 264), when it was accredited to the region "south and west 

 of the Great Lakes," and to New York State. Its range has been 

 since considerably extended, and it is now known to breed sparingly 

 in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, as well as in Vermont and New 

 Hampshire. It also occurs along the coast of southern New Eng- 

 land during the spring and autumn migrations, but only in very 

 small numbers. 



SAYORNIS SAYA. Say's Phoebe. 



An accidental visitor, known to have occurred but once in New 

 England at North Truro, Massachusetts, September 30, 1889, 

 when an adult male was shot by Mr. G. S. Miller, Jr. (Miller, Auk, 

 Vol. VII, July, 1890, p. 228). The true home of this species is the 

 "western United States, from the Plains to the Pacific, south into 

 Mexico." 



TYRANNUS VERTICALIS. Arkansas Flycatcher. 



Another straggler from the far West, of which a specimen taken by 

 Mr. George E. Brown at Elliot, Maine, many years ago, has been 

 recorded by Dr. Henry Bryant (Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. 

 X, 1865, p. 96). (Cf. also Purdie, Bull. N. O. C., Vol. I, 1876, 

 p. 73.) 



MILVULUS FORFICATUS. Scissor-t ailed Flycatcher. 



There are records of but two New England specimens of this 

 beautiful Flycatcher : the first taken by Mr. Carpenter at Waure- 

 gan, Connecticut, about April 27, 1876 (Purdie, Bull. N. O. C., Vol. 

 II, 1877, p. 21, and Merriam, Rev. Birds Conn., 1877, p. 50) ; the 

 second killed by Mr. C. W. Graham at St. Johnsbury, Vermont, ap- 



