32 



8. Species of probable occurrence. 



Of the following list of twenty-four species, the greater part have 

 been included iu various former lists of the birds of Massachusetts, 

 but generally on Inferential or hearsay evidence, or by erroneous iden- 

 tifications. Six have actually been taken within the last three or four 

 years by Mr. E. I. Shores, within a few miles of the southern boun- 

 dary of the state (near my old collecting ground at Springfield). 

 Others, from their known general range, must evidently occur at rare 

 intervals, and I confidently expect that within the next ten years at 

 least seven-eighths, and probably nine-tenths, of them will be added 

 to the list of those included from having been actually taken within 

 the state. At least one-half of them have already been obtained in 

 adjoining states at points not far from the Massachusetts line. 



1. Saxicola cenantha Bech. STONECHAT. Has been taken in 

 Labrador, at Quebec, Canada, and on Long Island, and is of frequent 

 occurrence in the Bermudas. 



2. Iiophophanes bicolor Bon. CRESTED TITMOUSE. Northern 

 New Jersey; Long Island; New London, Conn, (one instance, Mer- 

 riam, Rev. Birds Conn., 1877, 9) ; New Haven, Conn. (Linsley) ; New 

 Hampshire. 



3. Protonotaria citrea Baird. PROTIIONOTARY WARBLER. Of 

 accidental occurrence in eastern Maine and New Brunswick (Brewer, 

 Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XVII, 439, on the authority of Mr. Board- 

 man), and being a southern species may be looked for as of casual 

 occurrence in Massachusetts. 



4. Helmitherus vermivoms Bon. WORM-EATING WARBLER. 

 Has been taken in SufBeld, Conn., on the southern boundary of Mas- 

 sachusetts, and is a rather common summer resident in portions of 

 Southern Connecticut (Purdie, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, II, Jan., 1877, 

 21; Am. Nat., VII, 1873, 692). 



5. Helminthophaga pinus Baird. BLUE-WINGED YELLOW WAR- 

 BLER. "A summer resident in southern Connecticut and in the Con- 

 necticut Valley," where it breeds (Merriam, Rev. Birds Conn., 14). 



6. Dendroeca coerulea Baird. .CERULEAN WARBLER. Has been 

 taken as far north as Suffleld, Conn., on the southern boundary of the 

 state (Purdie, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, II, 1877, 22). 



7. Oporornis formosa Baird. KENTUCKY WARBLER. Was taken 

 by Mr. E. I. Shores in Suffield, Conn., Aug. 1C, 1876., the only record 

 for New England (Merriam, Rev. Birds Conn., 1877, 22). 



8. Myiodioctes mitrata And. HOODED WARBLER. Rare sum- 

 mer resident in southern Connecticut (Merriam). Has been taken in 

 Suffleld, Conn., by Mr. E. I. Shores, July 8, 1875 (Purdie, Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, II, 1877, 21). 



