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taken on the coast aa to be fairly conpidered as more than an accidental 

 visitor." (Coues, Proc. Ess. Inst., Vol. V, 18G8.) 



Sula fiber Boobt Gannet. — " Guilford," Conn., Linsley (1. c). 

 "September. Bare." Essex Co., F W.Putnam. (Proc. Ess. Inst., Vol. 

 I, 1856.) Both these cases are cited by Dr. Coues in his Birds of- New 

 England, and the last by C J- Maynard. (Naturalist's Guide, 1870.) 



I think that the above-named five birds have as much right to be in- 

 cluded among those that have occurred with us as have the Mealy Red- 

 Poll {/E'jiothus canescens). Small-headed Ylycatcher {Myiodioctes minutus), 

 AVillow Ptarmigan (Lagopus albus). White-fronted Goose {Anser (jamhdi), 

 and Hutchm's Goose {Bernicla hidchmsi), Avhich are all retained by Dr.^ 

 Brewer There are also two other birds, namely, the Blue-gray Gnat- 

 catcher (Pohopttla crerulea) and the Blue Warbler (Dendrceca ccerulea), 

 expunged by Dr Brewer, whose record of occurrence in New England 

 is as good as any just cited, which I am prepared to show have recently 

 been taken in Connecticut and Rhode Island. (See this number of the 

 Bulletin, p. 20.) 



In regard to the Robin {Tardus migratorius), the Crow {Corvus ameri- 

 caniis), the Hairy Woodpecker (Picais rnllosus), the Long-eared Owl {Ohis 

 mlsonianm), the Short-eared Owd (Brachyofus cassini), the Acadian Owl 

 {Nijdalt acndica), and the Sharp-shinned Hawk (Nisns fuscus), which Dr. 

 Brewer classed as summer residents of New England (he saying of the 

 Crow that a few winter), but which I stated must be-considered as con- 

 .stant residents, at least of the southern portions, and some of them also of 

 the northern, I will say that a reference to the often cited local lists, and 

 to other writings on New England birds, quite fully confirms my remark, 

 these species being given as residents, some of them occurring in smaller 

 numbers in winter, as is to be expected, while again others are found more 

 frequently in winter than at any other season. I notice a slight exception 

 in the case of Nixus fmcus, a few writers regarding it as only a summer 

 visitant, even to Massachusetts ; but that it, as well as the others, remains 

 in greater or less numbers in certain sections the year round, is well known 

 to collectors. 



In the "History of North American Birds," by Messrs. Baiid, Brewer, 

 and Jlidgway, we find the following respecting the winter distribution 

 of the Robin : " In the winter months it is most abundant in the South- 

 ern States, while in the Middle and even the Northern States, in favorable 

 localities, it may be found throughout the year ; its migrations being 

 influenced more by the question of food than of climate. In the valleys 

 -iipong the White Mountains, where snow covers the ground from October 

 to June, and where the cold reaches the freezing-point of mercury, flocks 

 of Robins remain during the entire winter, attracted by the abundance of 

 berries. In Massachusetts a few Robins remain throughout the year, but 

 the greater proportion leave early in November, returning late in February 

 or early in March." 



