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"Upper parts and rump olive-green, a shade darker than in -pmus. 

 Wings bluish-graj, with two white bands, the upper not so clearly defined 

 as in pinus. Tail bluish-gray, with the three outer tail-feathers with most 

 of the web white, also a small white «pot un the end of the fourth feather. 

 Crown and under parts, from breast to vent, orange. A broad black patch 

 extends from the bill through and behind the eye. Chin, throat, and fore- 

 part of the breast black. A yellow stripe, commencing under the bill, 

 extends back between the black eye- and breast-patches, and increases in 

 width upon the shoulder. Length, 4.50 : wing, 2.50 ; tail, 2,00. Meas- 

 urements from the mounted bird." 



The measurements of the two birds aric as nearly identical as is 

 possible when one bird is mounted and the other a skin. Of its 

 habitat, the plumage of the female, and its nesting peculiarities, we 

 can only conjecture, but it seems not unreasonable to prestmie that 

 its habitat is similar to that of its near congener, IJ. jjinus, and 

 that New Jersey may some day produce its nest and eggs, as it htvs 

 already produced the only two known specimens of the bird. 



The female, I believe, will be found to be not unlike that of H. 

 pinus, and a close inspection of supposed specimens of the latter 

 bird now in collections may develop some interesting facts. 



In conclusion it may be well to add, what by inadvertence I 

 omitted when the description was first published, namely, that for 

 the correct delineation of the bird in the plate I am indebted to 

 Mr. Robert Ridgway, of the Smithsonian Institution, to whom I 

 take this opportunity of tendering my thanks. 



NOTICE OF A FEW BIRDS OF RARE OR ACCIDENTAL 

 OCCURRENCE IN NEW ENGLAND. 



BY II. A, PURDIE 



The following data respecting the occurrence of the following 

 fourteen species so far to the northeastward as New England are of 

 special interest, I am indebted to Messrs. Frederic T. Jencks of 

 Providence, R. I., Erwin I. Shores of Suffield, Conn., F. C. Browne 

 of Framingham, Mass., and J. N, Clark of Saybrook^ Conn., for facts 

 relating to eleven of the birds here mentioned. 



L Poiioptila ceerulea. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, — Mr. Jencks 

 writes : " Two w(!ro shot at Wauregan (Windham County), Conn., by 



