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(Mearns, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, III, 1878, 46), and at Green's 

 Farms, twenty-six miles west of New Haven, Conn., in 1876 and 

 1877 (Stannis, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, IV, 1879, 119). It was 

 taken by Mr. E. I. Shores at Suffield, Conn., June 6, 1874 (ibid., 

 II, 1877, 21) a locality only a few miles south of the Massachu- 

 setts line. Mr. John H. Sage also writes me that it was killed at 

 East Hartford, Conn., in June, 1885. Its occasional presence in 

 Massachusetts can, therefore, be scarcely questioned, although 

 there is as yet no record of its actual capture within the State. 



16. Dendroica caerulea. CERULEAN WARBLER. Has oc- 

 curred at Suffield, Conn., close to the Massachusetts boundary 

 (Pur die, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, II, 1877, 22), a.nd at Cumberland 

 Hill, R. I. (Deane, ibid., IV, 1879, 185), and is quite likely to be 

 found sooner or later within the State. 



17. Geothlypis formosa. KENTUCKY WARBLER. This 

 species has also been taken at Suffield, Conn. (Merriam, Rev. 

 Bds. Conn., 1877, 22). This is its only New England record, but 

 it has been taken at Sing Sing, N. Y. (Fisher, Am. Nat., IX, 

 1875, 573), and also in Northern New Jersey. 



18. Parus Mcolor. TUFTED TITMOUSE. This species, which 

 occurs sparingly as far north as Long Island and the vicinity of 

 New York City, has several Connecticut records (see Merriam, 

 Rev. Bds. Conn., 1877, 9), and has once occurred as near the 

 Massachusetts border as Hartford. There is also an early New 

 Hampshire record (Belknap, Hist. New Hampshire, III, 1792, 173). 



19. Saxicola oenanthe. WHEATEAR. Of frequent occur- 

 rence in Southern Labrador, where it breeds, and in the Ber- 

 mudas, and has been taken at Quebec, Canada (Baird, Rev. 

 Am. Bds., 1864, 61); Indian Island, near Eastport, Maine 

 (Boardman, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, V, 1880, 115), and on Long 

 Island, N. Y. (Lawrence, Ann. N. Y. Lye. Nat. Hist, VIII, 1866, 

 282). Its capture in Massachusetts is therefore not improbable. 



The Crested Grebe (Colymbus cristatus], formerly included 

 among Massachusetts birds, has recently been found to have no 

 status as even a bird of North America. 



The Manx Shearwater (Puffinus pujfmus), formerly given as 

 more or less frequent off the coast in winter, is now considered 

 1886.] 



