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Mr. C. M. Caixenter, — a male In 1874 and a female in 1876. Three or 

 four were seen by me at Providence, R. I., May 23, 1875." 



A male was also shot, by Mr. Shores, at Silver Spring, near Providence, 

 June 24, 1875, and several others have been seen by him at different times 

 in Providence and vicinity. 



2. Helmitherus vermivorus. Worm-eating Warbler. — Mr. 

 Shores shot a male at Suffield (Hartford County), Conn., August 22, 

 1874. This is, I think, its most northerly record in the Atlantic States 

 yet noted. 



3. Helminthophaga celata. Orange-crowned Warbler. — Mr. 

 Jencks writes me that '"a specimen, was shot in Cranston, R. I., Decem- 

 ber 3, 1874." This is the fifth specimen reported for New Jlngland, and 

 the second taken in the winter season.* 



4. Dendroeca caerulea. Blue Warbler. — A male was obtained by 

 Mr. Shores at Sufheld, June 12,4875. This species and PolioptUa ccerulea, 

 though previously recorded as occurring in New England, have not been 

 recently taken here. 



5. Myiodioctes mitratus. Hooded Warbler. — A male was shot 

 at Suffield, Conn., by Mr. Shores, July 8, 1875. This bird, though found 

 regularly along the Soimd shore of Connecticut, has not been noticed so 

 far northward before in New England, This, as well as a few other spe- 

 cies characteristic of the Carolinian Fauna, will probably be found to 

 e.xtend up the river-valleys of Connecticut, though not passing farther 

 eastward. 



0. Pyranga aestiva. Summer Redbird. — Mr. Jencks informs me 

 that a male was shot a few years since on Ten-Mile River, six or eight miles 

 northeast of Providence. , It has appeared before, but is sufficiently rare 

 here to merit notice. 



7. Stelgidopteryx serripennis. Rough- winged Swallow. — A 

 female of this species was shot at Suffield, Conn., by Mr. Shores, June 6, 

 187^4. At last this bird has been taken within our limits. It will be 

 interesting to determine whether it ])roves to be in future a regular visitant 

 to New England. 



8. CoUurio ludovicianus var. excubitoroides, White-rumped 

 Shrike. — A typical example of this variety was shot by Mr. Jencks in 

 Cranston, R. I., September 2, 1873, and is now in his collection. Its pre- 

 vious record of having been found within our borders is somewhat doubt- 

 ful. I believe it is hardly found regularly much east of Buffalo, N. Y. 

 In this connection I would say that the CoUurio taken in Massachusetts, 

 recorded by me in the "American Naturalist" (Vol. VII, 1873, p. 115), 

 was a typical " Loggerhead " Shrike (C. ludovicimnis). 



9. Milvulus forficatus. Swallow-tailed Flyc.\tcher.— Mr. Jencks 

 informs me that a specimen of this species was shot by Mr. Carpenter, at 



* See this Bulletin, Vol. \, p. 94, for its previous New-England record. 



