BIRDS OP MASSACHUSETTS, ETC. 83 



The Blue Warbler (Dendroica coerulea BairdJ is said to 

 be a rare summer visitant, (F. W. Putnam, Proc. Ess. Inst., 

 vol. i, p. 207.) but I have failed to find an authentic in- 

 stance of its capture in this State. Audubon says it has 

 been taken at Pictou, Nova Scotia, and so may very nat- 

 urally be expected to occur in Massachusetts. 



12. Wilsonia minuta Bon. (Myioioctes minutus Baird.) 

 Small-headed Flycatcher. This litue known and rather 

 doubtful species is said to occur in this State. (Ipswich, 

 Dr. T. M. Brewer ; Berkshire County, Prof. E. Emmons. 

 Peab. Rep. Orn. Mass., p. 297. Salem, T. Nuttall, Man. 

 Orn., vol. I, p. 297.) 



The Hooded Flycatcher ( Wilsonia mitrata Bon. ; Myi- 

 odioetes mitratus Aud.) may be looked for in this State, as 

 it has been found in Connecticut and New York. Mr. 

 E. A. Samuels, in his recent list of the Birds of Massachu- 

 setts, (Agr Mass., 1863, Secy's Rep., App , p. xxn,) gives 

 it as a rare summer visitor. 



13. Pyranga cestiva Vieill. Accidental. "Two were 

 taken in Lynn, after a severe storm, April 21st, 1852." 

 (S. Jillson, Proc. Ess. Inst,, vol. I, p. 224.) 



14. Vireo noveboracensis Bon. White-e} 7 ed Vireo. 

 Summer visitant. Not very uncommon in the eastern 

 part of the State, where it breeds. 



15. Cistothorus ( Tdmatodytes ) palustris Cabanis. Marsh 

 Wren. Summer visitant. Rare. 



16. Cistothorus stellaris Cab: Short-billed Marsh Wren. 

 Summer visitant. Not uncommon. 



The Blue Gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila coerulea Sclat.J 

 is said by Peabody to be found in Massachusetts, on the 

 authority of Dr. Brewer, (Rep., p. 297.) Having been 

 found in adjoining States, in New York north of the 

 latitude of Boston, as well as in Nova Scotia, and in Con- 

 necticut, it may be looked for as a rare straggler from its 

 usual habitat. I have been unable as yet to learn of its 

 actual capture in this State. 



The Crested Chickadee ( LopJioplianes bicolor Bonap.^) 

 though mostly a southern species, Audubon states (Orn. 

 Biog., vol. v, p. 472) is common in Nova Scotia, and 

 hence may be expected to occur here. 



17. Parus liudsonicus Forster. Hudsonian Titmouse. 



