16 BULLETIN OF THE NUTTALL 



Observations made in the nesting-season during the last five or six 

 years in New Hampshire and Maine, by such experienced collectors as 

 Messrs. Brewster and Maynard, and, to a less extent, by Bailey, Deane, and 

 myself, show the absence of the foregoing species from the Fauna, and the 

 presence of the five following, namely, the Cape May Warbler (Pcrissoglossa 

 tigrhia), tho Mourning Warbler {Geothlypis Philadelphia), ihe Olive-sided 

 Flycatcher {Contopus borealis), and, in lesg abundance, the Black-backed 

 and the Banded Three-toed Woodpeckers {Picoules arcticus and P. ameri- 

 canns). 



What had already appeared in print respecting the distribution of these 

 birds, added to the observations of the above-named gentlemen, I thought 

 warranted me in saying that at letxst P. tigri^a, G. Philadelphia, and C. 

 borealis, were " generally," that is, usually, if, perhaps, not universally, 

 common, and bred regularly in Northern New England. 



The Worm-eating Warbler {Hclmitherus vermivorus), the Blue-winged 

 Yellow Warbler (Helminthophaga pinus), the Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria 

 vii-ens), the Hooded Warbler (Myiodioctes mitratus), and the Great-crested 

 Fly^^atcher {Myiarchus crinitus) have generally been considered rare birds 

 in any part of New England, but in the "American Naturalist" (Vol. VII, 

 1873, p. 692) I mentioned, on the authority of Mr. J. N.Clark, of Saybrook, 

 Conn., that they were found at that locality regularly in numbers and b]ee(l- 

 ing, though he had not actually found the nest of H. vermivorus. 1 also 

 spoke of a Water-Thrush that occurred there, and inferred that it was prob- 

 ably the Long-billed Water-Thrush (Siurus ludovicianus). Subseijuent 

 correspondence, and a visit to Saybrook in June, 1875, confirmed my sus- 

 picion, proving that ludovicianus was the species that summered there, and 

 that it vvas common, as were all the others, with the exception of //. vermi- 

 vorus. Mr. C. M. Jones, now of Eastford, Conn., has written me that he 

 observed all but S. liidovicianiis and H. vermivorus, at Madison, in that 

 State, where he formerly resided. 



The Golden-winged Warbler {Helminthophaga chrysoptcra) and the Yel- 

 low-winged Sparrow (Coturnicuhis passerinus) are two species that Dr. 

 Brewer still denies can be considered as breeding regularly, or in numbers, 

 in any portion of New England. As far back as June, 18G9 (Am. Nat., 

 Vol. Ill, p. 497). and again in 1870 (Samuels's Orn. and Oiil. of New Eng- 

 land, revised edition, 1870, Appendix), I showed that the Golden-winged 

 Warbler was far from uncommon in Massachusetts. Observations made 

 every year since have not altered. my opinion, I find it in the i)ro])er 

 places from May to August. It is apparently less plenty after the first of 

 June, but is still not a bird of the Canadian Fauna. 



In "History of North American Birds" (Vol. I, p. 193) we' read ; "Oc- 

 casionally specimens have been obtained in Massachusetts, and, of late, 



these occurrences have become more common or more observed Mr. 



J. A. Allen has known of several specimens taken within the State. Mr. 

 Jillson has observed it spending the summer in Bolton, and evidently 



