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ever, later omitted it from his work, and Allen threw 

 doubt on the whole New England record (Am. Nat., 

 iii, 1870, p. 636) ; since which statements, Brewer, 

 Coues, Merriam, and Minot, as well as Allen, have 

 declined to recognize the species as occurring in New 

 England. (See Coues, B. N.W., 1874, P- 2O 4 > Brewer, 

 Pr. Bost. Soc., xvii, 1875, P- 45 1 ' and Bull. Nutt - Club, 

 i, 1876, p. 91 ; ii, 1877, p. 45 ; Merriam, Pr. Conn. 

 Acad., iv, 1877, pp. 48 and 146). Mr. Purdie, how- 

 ever, is inclined to think that the record, at least in 

 part, justifies the recognition of the species in the pres- 

 ent connection ^(Bull. Nutt. Club, i, 1876, p. 72 ; ii, 

 1877, p. 12). 



