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Observers in Franklin, some 40 miles further north, reported 

 precisely similar occurrences. Not only were the warblers in 

 great numbers but they were apparently very tame, feeding 

 about yards and particularly the foundations of houses, and great 

 numbers were found dead. 



NOTE 4, 



A Blue-gray Giiatcatclier in New Hampshire. 



On the loth of May two observers, while watching a flock of 

 visitant warblers, saw flying about a shrub close by, what they 

 took at first glance to be a kinglet. A second look showed that 

 though the bird was as small as the kinglets the color was en- 

 tirely different, the upper parts being distinctly bluish gray in- 

 stead of olive green. Presently the bird displayed his tail with 

 the utmost deliberation several times, showing the outer feathers 

 white, the others changing gradually until the middle ones were 

 entirel}^ black. Of course it could be nothing but the Blue- 

 gray Gnatcatcher, never yet, so far as we know, reported from 

 this State. The bird came finally so near that he could almost 

 have been caught in the hand. Meanwhile Chapman's Manual 

 had been brought from the house and every point of the bird 

 was compared with the printed description. In the circum- 

 stances, therefore, it seems right to make the record positive, 

 though the single specimen was allowed to escape. 



