I02 Birds of Massachusetts 



Templeton : "Common summer resident." Wellesley : "Abundant 

 summer resident." 



277. Geothlypis Philadelphia (Wils.). Mourning War- 

 bler. 



A rare spring and autumn migrant, occurring only in Berkshire 

 County as a summer resident, where it is of very restricted range. 



May 14 to June 6; Summer; September. 



Amherst: "One instance." Berkshire: "Summer resident." Cam- 

 bridge : Rare transient visitant. Springfield : " Rare spring and autumn 

 migrant." Wellesley: " Rare migrant." 



278. Geothlypis agilis (Wils.). Connecticut Warbler. 



A very rare spring, but not uncommon autvimn migrant. It has 

 been only twice reported, to our knowledge, in spring, once at 

 Ashland on May 17 and 19, 1883,^ and once at Readville, May 

 24, 1883.^ 



May ; September 7 to October 9. 



Amherst: "Several instances." Berkshire: "Very rare transient in 

 the autumn." Bristol County : " Transient visitant in fall"." Brookline: 

 "Rare fall migrant." Cambridge: Fall, transient visitant, sometimes 

 locally abundant. Dedham : One instance. Martha's Vineyard: "One 

 instance. September." Springfield: "A rare spring and common au- 

 tumn migrant." Wellesley: "Scarce; rather frequently seen in fall." 



Note: Geothlypis formosa (Wils.). Kentucky Warbler. 



In Dr. Holder's List of the Birds of Lynn (p. 2) he includes this species 

 as then in the collection of the Lynn Natural History Society. As we 

 have been unable to see this specimen we make but this mention of it. 



279. Siurus motacilla (Vieill.). Large-billed Water 

 Thrush. 



A very rare summer resident in Berkshire County. A pair 

 feeding fully fledged young were found on June 11, 1896, at Shef- 

 field by Dr. Walter Faxon. 3 It has also been taken on July 28, 

 1895, at Springfield ; * on April 28, 1869, on Mount Tom ; ' and 



1 Castle ; O. & 0., Vol. IX, No. 6, June, 1884, p. 75. 



' Maynard ; Quart. Jour. Bost. Zoo. Soc, Vol. II, No. 3, July, 1883, pp.43, 44. 



3 Faxon; Auk, Vol. XIII, No. 4, Oct., 1896, p. 344. 



" Morris; Auk, Vol. XIII, No. i, Jan., 1896, p. 86. 



•■Allen; Amer. Nat., Vol. Ill, No. 11, Jan., 1870, p. 577, p. 24 of separate. 



