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land), seldom reach Northern New England : Cistothorius stcllaris, Vireo 

 gilvus, V. flavifrons, V.noveboracensis, Spizella pusilla, Zencedura carolinensis ; 

 nor is the latter " rare." The following are not " rare " at Saybrook, Conn., 

 but breed there regularly in more or less numbers, and probably occur all 

 along the Sound shore west of the mouth of the Connecticut Eiver : Hclmi- 

 theras vermivorus, Helminthophaga pinus, Icteria virens, Myiodioctes mitra- 

 tus, as do also Siurus ludovicianus, and Myiarchus crinitus ; the latter being 

 given as a " rare summer resident "< (of New England). The next two, 

 Helminthophaga chrysoptera and Coturniculus passerinus, cannot be called 

 "rare " summer residents of Southern New England, as they breed in num- 

 bers regularly, especially the latter. The three following are generally com- 

 mon, and breed regularly in Northern New England, not " rare " summer 

 residents, as marked in the list : Pcrissoglossa tigrina, Geothijlpis Philadelphia, 

 Contopus borealis. The following should be marked, not as "summer resi- 

 dents " or " visitants," but rather as visitors in spring and fall : Numenius 

 longirostris, Cotumicops (Porzana) noveboracensis, and Fulica americana. 

 Picoides arcticus and P. americanus are not winter visitants only, to all 

 New England, but are residents in Northern New England, and rare win- 

 ter visitants to Southern New England. Regulus satrapa winters in num- 

 bers in Southern New England, if not also in Northern New England, 

 where it is nearly resident. Anthus ludovicianus is a spring and fall visi- 

 tant in New England, not " winter." Junco hyemalis hardly winters in 

 Northern New England, where it is merely a summer resident. Ectopistes 

 migratoria is a regular summer resident of quite all New England, though 

 more common in some parts than others. Ortyx virginianus does not occur 

 in Northern New England. Astur atricapillus is resident in Northern New 

 England, winter visitant in Southern New England. Micropalama himan- 

 topus is migratory along the whole New England coast. 



The following should as certainly have the asterisk prefixed as any 

 already so marked : Mimus polyglottus, Ampelis garrulus, Euspiza ameri- 

 cana, Xanthocephalus icterocephalus, Oenturus carolinus, Hierofalco islandi- 

 cus, Cupidonia cupido, Meleagris gallopavo, Himantopus nigricollis, Ibis 

 ordii, Herodias egretta, Florida cairulea, Garzetta candidissima, Gallinula 

 galeata, Cygnus americanus, Anscr hyperboreus, Anser gambelli, Campto- 

 losmus labradorius, Gelochelidon aranea. 



The specimen of Tyrannus verticalis was shot neither at Plympton nor 

 Pembroke, Me., but at Elliot, by Mr. George E. Brown. 



In the matter of Macrorhamphus scolopaceus, Mr. Brewster was wrongly 

 understood, as he informs us he finds it and griseus in company. Two 

 varieties each of Quiscalus, Hierofalco, and Archibuteo are given as found 

 in New England, and also an apocryphal little bird we are surprised to 

 see brought to light again, namely, Myiodioctes minutus. — H. A. P. 



