54 ~ C. a. Mtrriaiii — liirds of Connecticut. 



wasps, and Ininibk'-bcc's." In Prof". Whitney's private collection, and 

 in the heautiful cabinet of mounted birds presented by him to the l^ea- 

 body Museum of Yale College, are two or three specimens of this bird, 

 which he killed in the vicinity of Northampton, Mass., some years ago 

 — one as late as June 4th, (184G). Mr. lluthven Deane writes: "Dur- 

 ing the past three or four years I have ol)served each year several 

 specimens of this beautiful Flycatcher in the vicinity of Cambridge, 

 Mass., and, although I consider this a rare bird with us, I am inclined 

 to think a few breed within the limits of the State every year."* 

 The species was described by Nuttall, from specimens taken in the 

 vicinity of Cambridge, " in the woods of Sweet Auburn," in June, 

 1830 and 1831, and it has since been observed in eastern Massachu- 

 setts by Audubon (1832), Welch (1858), Brewster, Maynard, Cabot, 

 Minot, and others. Nuttall says that his friend, W. Coopei-, Esq., 

 " received this bird likewise the preceding summer from the vicinity 

 of Cape May, and Egg-harbor, in New Jersey ,"f but TurnbuU gives 

 it as " very rare" in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and 

 states that it only occurs as a migrant, being "generally seen early 

 in May on its way north, . . . returns in Se])tember."J The occur- 

 rence in New Jersey, in "summer" (the month is, unfortunately, not 

 stated) would indicate its breeding tliere, which hardly seems cred- 

 ible from what is now known concerning its disti'ibution, though it is 

 true tliat the " Pine-bariens" would attbrd it numy congenial spots 

 for nesting. Concerning their habits in the Adirondack region, in 

 nt)rthern New York, where they l)i-eed })lentifully, I have already 

 observed that " they all seemed to have the same habit of clioosing a 

 lar<»'e hemlock tree with a few dead branches on top, and were sure 

 to light on the uppernu)st twig."§ Messrs. Maynard and Brewster 

 gave it as "quite common and breeding at Umbagog," Maine, 

 where " it has the habit oi' peiching on dead stubs on the edge of 

 clearings."! Professor Verrill gave it as a "summer visitant, not 

 very common,"! at Norway, Maine (about forty miles south of 



* Am. Nat., vol. viii, No. 5, p. 308, May, 1874. 



f Manual of Ornitholof^y, p. 284, 1832. 



± Tin; Binls of I'lastcni Peiiiisylvaiiia miuI New .iL'r.scy. liy William V. 'runilnill, 

 ISCl). 



t^ Am. Nat., vol. vii, p. 750, Dec, 187:!. 



II A Catalogue of the Birds of Coos Co.. N. II., and Oxford Co., Me., by C. J. May- 

 uard, with notes by William Brewster. From Proeeed. Boston See. Nat. Hist., vol. 

 xiv, p. 21, Oct. 18, 1871. 



^ Catalogue of the Birds found at Norway, O.xford (V)., Me., by A. K. Verrill. 

 l''roni I'roeeed. Kssex Institute, vol. iii, p. 114, May, 18G3. 



