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316. Anthus pensilvanicus. AMERICAN PIPIT. Spring and 

 autumn visitant, in small flocks. Has been taken in June at 

 Swampscott (Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, III, 1878, 194). 



*317. Mimus polyglottos. MOCKINGBIRD. Rare summer 

 visitant, occasionally breeding, particularly in the Connecticut 

 Valley. Also recorded as breeding in Arlington, near Boston 

 (Townsend, Auk, I, 1884, 192). The Mockingbird is given as a 

 " rare summer visitant " to Connecticut (Merriam, Rev. Bds. 

 Conn., 1877, ?)> an d is recorded as breeding repeatedly near 

 Jewett City (Prior, Orn. and Ool., IX, 1884, 115). 



*318. Galeoscoptes carolinensis. CAT-BIRD. Abundant 

 summer resident. 



*319. Harporhynchus ntftis. BROWN THRASHER. Abund- 

 ant summer resident. 



[320.] Thryothorus ludovicianus. CAROLINA WREN. Rare. 

 Reported as occurring in Roxbury, in the summer of 1877 

 (Minot, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, I, 1876, 76 ; Land Birds and Game 

 Birds of New England, 1877, 74). A specimen was taken in 

 Lynn, July 6, 1878 (Brewer, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, III, 1878, 

 193), and in Brookline, Nov. 4, 1883 (Cory, Auk, I, 1884, 91). It 

 has been taken at Rye Beach, N. H. (Spelman, Bull. Nutt. Orn. 

 Club, VI, 1881, 54), and there are various recent records for 

 Connecticut, Rhode Island, Long Island, and the vicinity of 

 New York City. 



*321. Troglodytes aedon. HOUSE WREN. Rather common 

 summer resident. 



*322. Troglodytes hiemalis. WINTER WREN. Winter vis- 

 itant ; not common. Breeds in the higher mountainous portions 

 of Berkshire County (Brewster, Auk, I, 1884, 15, etc.). It is also 

 recorded as breeding at Lynn (Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, 

 VIII, 1883, 119). 



*323. Cistothorus stellaris. SHORT-BILLED MARSH WREN. 

 Locally common. 



*324. Cistothorus palustris. LONG-BILLED MARSH WREN. 

 Common, like the preceding, at favorable localities. 



