IIO Birds of Massachusetts 



found in the State in winter. The records are : Springfield, one was 

 shot May 15, 1863, by Dr. J. A. Allen, who saw several other 

 birds at the same time, which he believed to be of this species ; ' 

 Lynn, one taken January i, 1875 ;^ Concord, a female was taken 

 by Mr. Wm. Brewster on October 2, 1876 ; s Belmont, an adult male 

 captured in the, autumn of 1885 by Mr. H. W. Henshaw.* 



301. Helminthophila rubricapilla (Wils.). Nashville 

 Warbler. 



A common spring and autumn migrant, and a rather common 

 summer resident. There is one winter record, of a bird found at 

 Swampscott, hung in a barberry bush by a shrike, on January 31, 

 1890 ; the bird had not been dead over two weeks. ° 



(April 20) April 28 to October i. 



Amherst: " Common migrant." Berkshire: " Abundant migrant and 

 common summer resident." Bristol County: "Rare summer resident, 

 common transient visitant." Brookline: "Common migrant and not 

 uncommon summer resident." Cambridge : Rather common summer 

 resident ; more common transient visitant. Cohasset : " Fairly com- 

 mon." Dedham : "Common." Bssex County: " Summer visitant ... . 

 quite common.'' Ipswich: "Common transient visitant." Springfield: 

 "Very common spring and autumn migrant, and rather uncommon sum- 

 mer resident." Templeton : " Common summer resident." \Wellesley : 

 " Common migrant, less common summer resident." 



302. Helminthophila chrysoptera (Linn.). Golden-winged 

 Warbler. 



A rather common, but very local summer resident at the lower 

 altitudes in the State. 



May 7 to August 25. 



Amherst: Recorded. Brookline: "Common migrant, and rare summer 

 resident." Cambridge : Not uncommon summer resident. Dedham : 

 " More common each year." Springfield : " A very rare summer resi- 

 dent." Templeton; [A male seen in May, 1888, at Winchendon. — Brews- 

 ter.] Wellesley: " Locally common." 



' Allen ; Proc. Essex Inst., Vol. IV, 1864, p. 60. 



2 Brewer; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. XVII, 1875, P- 439- 



^ Brewster; Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. I, No. 4, Nov., 1876, pp. 94, 95. 



^ Brewster; Auk, Vol. Ill, No. 2, Apr., 1886, p. 278. 



'Faxon; Auk, Vol. VII, No. 4, Oct., 1890, p. 409. 



