IIO BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS 



found in the State in winter. The records are : Springfield, one was 

 shot May 15, 1863, by Dr. J. A. Allen, who saw several other 

 birds at the same time, which he believed to be of this species ; 1 

 Lynn, one taken January i, 1875 >' 2 Concord, a female was taken 

 by Mr. Wm. Brewster on October 2, 1876 ; 3 Belmont, an adult male 

 captured in the autumn of 1885 by Mr. H. W. Henshaw. 4 



301. Helminthophila rubricapilla (Wils.). NASHVILLE 

 WARBLER. 



A common spring and autumn migrant, and a rather common 

 summer resident. There is one winter record, of a bird found at 

 Swampscott, hung in a barberry bush by a shrike, on January 31, 

 1890 ; the bird had not been dead over two weeks. 5 



(April 20) April 28 to October i. 



Amherst: "Common migrant." Berkshire: " Abundant migrant and 

 common summer resident." Bristol County: "Rare summer resident, 

 common transient visitant." Brookline : "Common migrant and not 

 uncommon summer resident." Cambridge : Rather common summer 

 resident; more common transient visitant. Cohasset : "Fairly com- 

 mon." Dedham : "Common." Essex County: " Summer visitant .... 

 quite common." Ipswich: "Common transient visitant." Springfield: 

 "Very common spring and autumn migrant, and rather uncommon sum- 

 mer resident." Templeton : " Common summer resident." W^ellesley : 

 " Common migrant, less common summer resident." 



302. Helminthophila chrysoptera (Linn.). GOLDEN-WINGED 

 WARBLER. 



A rather common, but very local summer resident at the lower 

 altitudes in the State. 



May 7 to August 25. 



Amherst : Recorded. Brookline : "Common migrant, and rare summer 

 resident." Cambridge : Not uncommon summer resident. Dedham : 

 "More common each year." Springfield: "A very rare summer resi- 

 dent." Templeton: [A male seen in May, 1888, at Winchendon. Brews- 

 ter.] Wellesley: " Locally common." 



1 Allen ; Proc. Essex Inst., Vol. IV, 1864, p. 60. 



* Brewer; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. XVII, 1875, P- 439- 



3 Brewster; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. I, No. 4, Nov., 1876, pp. 94, 95. 



4 Brewster; Auk, Vol. Ill, No. 2, Apr., 1886, p. 278. 



5 Faxon; Auk, Vol. VII, No. 4, Oct., 1890, p. 409. 



