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Labrador to the Carolinas, but there are as yet no New England 

 records. 



6. Olor buccinator. TRUMPETER SWAN. In all probability 

 common here two hundred years ago, and may still occur as a 

 straggler. Although there is no recent record of its capture within 

 the State, there is a comparatively recent reference to its supposed 

 occurrence at East Windsor Hill, Conn. (March, 1876), within 

 fifteen miles of the Massachusetts line (Merriam, Rev. Bds. Conn., 

 1877, 120). In several instances where the occurrence of Swans is 

 recorded, there is some doubt as to the species, owing to unsatis- 

 factory identification. 



7. Ghiara alba. WHITE IBIS. Has been recorded from Con- 

 necticut (Grinnell, Am. Nat., IX, 1875, 47)> South Woodstock, 

 Vt. (Tracy, Orn. and Ool., X, 1885, 10), and repeatedly from 

 Long Island. The species may occur as an accidental visitor to 

 Massachusetts. 



8. Crex crex. CORN CRAKE. Of casual occurrence in east- 

 ern North America. Was taken at Cranston, R. I., about 1857 

 (Jencks, Random Notes on Nat. Hist., I, 1884, No. 6, 3), and has 

 been taken in several instances on Long Island; also at Troy, 

 N. Y. (Park, Forest and Stream, XXII, Feb. 14, 1884, 44), and 

 Salem, New Jersey (Cassin, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1855, 

 265); also in Greenland and the Bermudas. 



9. Scolopax rusticola. EUROPEAN WOODCOCK. Occasional 

 in eastern North America. There are records of its occurence 



in Newfoundland, Maine, Long Island, New Jersey, Virginia, and V<>* 

 elsewhere in the Atlantic States. 



10. Milvulus forficatus. SWALLOW-TAILED FLYCATCHER. 

 This erratic species has been taken at Wauregan, Conn. {Pur die, 

 Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, II, 1877, 21); St. Johnsburg, Vt. (Jencks, 

 Random Notes on Nat. Hist., I, 1884, No. 8, 3); Trenton, N. J. 

 {Abbott, Am. Nat., VI, 1872, 367); in Manitoba, and at York Fac- 

 tory, Hudson's Bay (Seton, Auk, II, 1885, 218). 



11. Tyrannus verticalis. ARKANSAS KINGBIRD. This west- 

 ern species has been taken at Elliot (=" Plympton"), Maine 

 {Bryant, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., X, 1865, 96; Pur die, Bull. 

 1886.] 



