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woods of Mt. Auburn, bv Mr. John Bethune, according to 

 Dr. Brewer 1 , in June, 1830. Subsequently, a second individ- 

 ual was obtained, which, like the preceding, was also a female. 

 A third female was taken shortly afterwards. Mr. Xuttall. 

 supposing the species to be new, described it as Tyrannus 

 cooper!. In 1832, Messrs. Audubon and Xuttall, obtained 

 a specimen in Brookline. Mass. Journeying eastward, the 

 former found it in Maine, in the Magdaleine Islands, and 

 along the shores of Labrador; and, subsequently, in Texas. 

 Mr. Boardman has latterly discovered it to be quite abun- 

 dant in the summer, about the lakes weK of Calais ; and Mr. 

 Yerrill gives it as a rare summer visitant and breeder in 

 Oxford County. In the vicinity of Lake Umbagog, it is 

 said to be tolerably abundant. Mr. Allen speaks of it as by 

 no means rare in Western Massachusetts, during the breed- 

 ing season, where it arrives about the 1 2th of May. but 

 restricts itself mostly to high, open woods. But two speci- 

 mens have been taken in Canada West, according to Mr. 

 Mcllwraith. In Wisconsin, they were formerly quite com- 

 mon, but have latterly become very scarce, according to Dr. 

 llov. In Washington Territory, Drs. Suckley and Cooper 

 affirm it to be more abundant than elsewhere in the United 

 States. In California, the latter gentleman found the species 

 to be tolerably common in the Coast Range in the direction 

 of Santa Cruz, where they nidificate in May. on high, almost 

 inaccessible, branches. In September, he also found it at 

 Lake Tahoe. Mr. Ridgway only met with the species in 

 pine-forests, at considerable elevations on the East Hum- 

 boldt, Wahsatch, and Uintah mountains. Dr. Dresser 

 states it to be common during the winter in the vicinity of 

 San Antonio. Dr. lleerman has knowledge of two speci- 

 mens being obtained on the Cosuinnes River, in California. 

 Mr. Boucard has taken it during the winter in the Mexican 

 vState of Oaxica ; and it has actually been discovered at Ja- 

 lapa, and as far south as Guatemala. The most northern 

 limit of its capture is Xenortalick. Greenland, a single speci- 



