14.0 BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS 



2. Muscicapa minuta Wils. SMALL-HEADED FLYCATCHER. 

 The specimens referred to this supposed species by the early 

 writers were doubtless the Least Flycatcher (Empidonax mini- 

 mus) . 



RECAPITULATION. 



Authentic Birds of the State ...... 362 



Species . ... . . . . . . 320 



Subspecies ........ 42 



Species noted, but not enumerated for various reasons . 14 



Extirpated Species 4 



Extinct Species 2 



Introduced Species ....... 15 



Species Erroneously Recorded . . . . . 17 



Apocryphal Species ....... 2 



Dr. J. A. Allen's 1886 List gave as fully authenticated birds of 



the State, three hundred and forty species. Of those we have 



dropped ten for various reasons explained in the text, and have 

 added thirty-two species. 



