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Later and definite records are the following for 

 Massachusetts: One at Springfield, prior to 1864, and 

 one at West Brookfield, in i860; Allen, Pr. Essex Inst., 

 iv, 1864, p. "jS. Two taken at Hudson, by Mr. S. 

 Jillson, and others seen, in 1867; one at Ashland, Mr. 

 A. L. Babcock, May, several years before ; one near 

 Lynn, Mr. N. Vickary ; Allen, Am. Nat., iii, 1870, 

 p. 637. (See also Maynard, Nat. Guide, 1870, p. 143.) 



Mr. Purdie records a specimen from Westford, Mass., 

 Am. Nat., vii, 1873, p. 693 ; and the same gentleman 

 informs us of a MS. note he has of a bird shot at 

 Plymouth, Mass., Apr. 18, 1875. 



For Maine we have one record, given by Mr. N. C. 

 Brown, in Rod and Gun, vi, 1875, p. 81 ; Scarboro', 

 April, 1875. 



The Connecticut record has been given by Dr. Mer- 

 riam in the following terms (Rev. B. Conn., 1877, 

 p. in): — "A rare visitor from the South. Several 

 specimens have been taken in Massachusetts, and I 

 have myself seen it at the ' Ox Bow ' in Connecticut. 

 A specimen was shot near Middletown, Conn., some 

 years ago, and is now in the Museum of the Wesleyan 

 University. Mr. Grinnell has seen it on the marshes 

 near Milford, Conn., in September. Dr. Wood tells me 

 that, several years ago, one spent a week on a marsh 

 near East Windsor Hill, Conn. Mr. Fred. Sumner 

 Smith tells me that he saw a pair of these birds at 

 Lake Saltonstall (near New Haven), Conn., during the 

 latter part of July, 1876, and two weeks later, at the 

 same place, saw no less than seven individuals feeding 

 together. They were exceedingly shy and he could not 

 approach within gunshot." 



