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as of doubtful occurrence off the eastern coast of North America, 

 there being no authentic record of its capture on the American 

 side of the Atlantic, south of Greenland. 



The two species of Tropic Bird occasionally straggle far be- 

 yond their usual range. The Yellow-billed Tropic Bird (Phaethon 

 flavirostris) is reported to have been taken " in the interior of 

 New York State about the middle of November, 1870 " (Maynard, 

 Bds. East. N. Amer. 1879, 474) an d tne Red-billed Tropic Bird 

 (P. (Kthereus) is said to be " casual near Newfoundland Banks " 

 (Ridgway, Water Birds N. Amer., II, 1884, 189). 



The Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus albus), of which a specimen 

 was taken in Manchester, in May, 1859 (Coues, Proc. Essex Inst, 

 V, 1868, 2^9), is doubtless to be regarded as an escaped cage- 

 bird rather than as a species intentionally introduced, or even as 

 an accidental waif. 



The Serin Finch (Serinus hortnlanus], which has but a single 

 record for the State (Allen, Am. Nat., Ill, 1870, 635), or even for 

 North America, may also doubtless be considered as an escaped 

 cage-bird. 



The Evening Grosbeak (Coecothraustcs vespertina) has been 

 taken at Toronto (Seton, Auk, II, 1885, 334), and at Woodstock 

 (Mcllwraith, Proc. Essex Inst., V, 1866, 88) and London, Onta- 

 rio (M or den and Saunders, Can. Nat. and Sports., II, 1882, 185. 

 Also in Onondaga County, N. Y. (Cones, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VII, 

 1882, 250), at Elizabethtown, Essex Co., N. Y. (Brewer, Proc. 

 Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XVII, 1875, 451), and near New York City 

 (Lawrence, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, VIII, 1866, 289). It 

 may doubtless be looked for as an accidental visitor to Massa- 

 chusetts. 



Linnteus's Emerald (Thaumatias linncei). A specimen of 

 this species has been recorded as taken in Massachusetts (Allen, 

 Am. Nat., Ill, 1870, 645), but the evidence of its capture in the 

 State has since been found unsatisfactory, while the probabilities 

 are evidently against such an occurrence. 



The Empidonax pygmaeus (Minot, Land Birds and Game 

 Birds of New England, 1877, 290), described from a bird " caught 



sight of in some shrubbery near Boston," is not recognized 



as having any scientific status. [July, 



