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Empidonax minimus Baird. Least Flycatcher. Summer visitant. 



Empidonax fiamventris Baird. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. This 

 species, already indicated from Grand Menan, has since been 

 found by Mr. Boardman. 



Panda americana Bon. Blue Yellow-backed Warbler. Summer 

 visitant. Two specimens obtained. 



Protonotaria citrea Baird. Prothonotary Warbler. Of this species, 

 hitherto probably unknown in New England, Mr. Boardman 

 obtained a single male specimen the last day of October. It 

 was shot near his house on a tree in the edge of a swamp. 



Dendrceca maculosa Baird. Magnolia Warbler. Specimens of this 

 species, collected by myself at Grand Menan, August 1859, 

 are in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Mr. Boardman 

 also informs me that he found it breeding last season, and that 

 it is not uncommon. 



Vireo gilvus Bon. Warbling Vireo. Summer visitant. Not un- 

 common. 



Phalaropus hyperboreus Temm. Northern Phalarope. This species, 

 before mentioned without specific name, is very abundant in 

 flocks in the Bay of Fundy, as early, at least, as August, and 

 possibly breeds about some of the islands. 



Phalaropus fulicarius Bon. Red Phalarope. One specimen obtained. 



Thalassidroma pelagica Bon. Least Petrel. One specimen. 



Larus glaucus Briinn. Burgomaster Gull. Specimens of this species 

 were obtained by Mr. Boardman during the past winter. 

 The Golden-Crested Wren (Regulus satrapa Licht.) was resident 



during the whole of the past winter at Calais, as well as in other 



parts of Maine. 



A specimen of native antimony was presented by Di*. 

 A. A. Hayes, with the following communication in regard 

 to it : — 



Some months since I described the sulphuret of antimony as oc- 

 curring near Fredericton, New Brunswick, in a regular vein, promis- 

 ing to become of economical value. On the 6th of May I identified 

 the present rare mineral in specimens sent to me from Quebec, 

 Canada. It occurs in a talcose slate with gray quartz, near Quebec ; 

 the exact location will be given in a future communication. The 

 metal is connected with oxides of antimony ; no sulphur is present, 

 and I hope to find the whole series of oxidized compounds of anti- 

 mony in the same locality. The last accounts from the mine are fa- 

 vorable to the conclusion that a regular vein will be found ; many 

 masses of the native metal have already been obtained. 



