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some years since in May. This, I believe, forms the second 

 authentic instance of its capture in this state. Two were 

 taken in Lynn, April 21st, 1852, by Mr. S. Jillson.* 



NORTHERN WAX-WING. Ampelis garruhts Linn. The 

 visits of this beautiful northern species so far south are very 

 infrequent, and in only a few instances has it been recorded 

 from this state. It has been taken, however, in Connecticut 

 by Dr. Wood. I am also informed by Mr. S. Jillson, that 

 eleven specimens were taken by him in Bolton, in this state, 

 in January, 1864. A specimen has been seen the present 

 autumn (October, 1869), in Cambridge, by Wm. Brewster. 



SOLITARY VIREO. Lanivireo solitaries Bon. This species 

 formerly supposed to be more properly a spring and autumn 

 visitant than a summer resident, seems to breed not unfre- 

 quently at some localities. Dr. Brewer says it is as common 

 in summer about Koxbury as any of the Vireos, except per- 

 haps the Red-eyed. 



WHITE-EYED VIREO. VireoNovceboracensisRon. As stated 

 in my Catalogue, this species is much more common in the 

 eastern part of the state than in the western. Like some 

 other species, it is much more common during some years 

 than in others. Dr. Wood has found three nests at East 

 Windsor Hill during the last ten years, but he considers it 

 rare there. Mr. C. W. Bennett obtained the first specimen 

 I have known found in Western Massachusetts in May, 

 1867, at Holyoke. I killed a pair the last week in July in 

 Springfield, in 1868. These I believe are the only ones 

 as yet known from that portion of the state. In 1868 it 

 was quite common in and about Cambridge, but this year 

 I have not observed it. 



LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE. Collurio Ludovicianus Baird. 

 (Lanius excubitoroides and L. elegans Swain). This species, 

 as observed by Dr. Coues,f was formerly given as a bird of 

 New England, but deeming the authority to be highly ques- 



*F. W. Putnam, Proc. Essex Inst., Vol. i, p. 224. 

 tList of the Birds of New England, I c. p. 277. 



