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Mr. R. Beane, of Cambridge, Mass. The specimens were found at 

 Upton, Maine, June 10, 1870 : — 



*' The nest was placed in a forked branch of a low spruce about three 

 feet from the ground, on a rising piece of land leading from a wood path. 

 The nest, which contained four eggs, was constructed of dVy grass, spruce 

 twigs, roots, &c., and was lined with fine black roots, the whole being 

 quite a coarse structure for so dainty a looking Warbler. 



" The eggs were more spherical than any Warbler's I have seen, the 

 ground being a creamy white, and blotched sparsely over with large 

 spots of lilac and umber. 



"The dimensions are as follows: .62 by .52 inch; .61 by .52 inch; 

 .62 by .50 inch ; .63 by .52 inch." 



MYIODIOCTES MINUTUS. "Small -headed Flycatcher." — Although Dr. 

 Brewer informed Mr. Peabody that " it has been found in Ipswich, Mass., 

 and that he picked up a specimen, evidently just dead, on the step of his 

 door in Brookline, Mass.," I think that its occurrence in New England 

 must be regarded as very doubtful, even if the species exists, which many 

 naturalists deny. Some one of the species of Empidonax, as Dr. Coues 

 remarks, was probably mistaken for it. 



MYIODIOCTES CANADENSIS. Canada Flycatcher. — This species probably 

 more often nests on the ground and in damp situations than elsewhere. 

 A nest found in Lynn, ISIass., some years since, by George Wells, is thus 

 described, Vol. VI. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.: "The nest was 

 found in low swampy ground, and was built at the foot of a tussock of 

 thick grass, on the ground. It was constructed almost entirely of leaves 

 of the white pine, so loosely arranged that it was found necessary to sew 

 them together, in order to preserve it. The eggs, five in number, in 

 shape are an oblong ovoid, dAths of an inch in length by 9.16ths in 

 breadth ; their ground color is a bluish-white, irregularly marked with 

 dots and small blotches of reddish-brown." 



PYEANGA aiSTIVA. Summer Eed Bird. — Accidental summer visitor to 

 southern portions. Two taken in Lynn, Mass., April 21, 1852, by S. 

 Jillson; one taken in Fi'amingham, Mass., May; one in Amherst, Mass., 

 August, 1867. 



COLLYEIO EXCUBITOEOIDES. White-rumped Shrike. — Said by Nuttall 

 to have been seen in Massachusetts in winter. Doubtful. 



VIEEO PHIL&DELPHICUS. Philadelphia Vireo. — Very rare summer visi- 

 tor; only one instance of its occurrence on record. Waterville, Me., 

 — Professor C. E. Hamlin. 



