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November 17, 1866, by Mr. William Brewster; but it later proved 

 to be a young B. limatus of unusually light coloring.^ 



8. Falco richardsoni [=:aesalon] Ridgw. Richardson's 

 Merlin. — Included in Peabody's list on Nuttall's authority; the 

 Pigeon Hawk {F. columbarius) is probably the bird referred to.^ 



g. Argytria maculata Cab. & Heine. Linn^us' Emerald. 

 — In August, 1865, Mr. William Brewster took a Hummingbird at 

 Cambridge,^ and sent it to Geo. O. Welch of Lynn to be prepared 

 for the cabinet, and later, after examining the specimen returned 

 to him, it was found to be this South American species. It is 

 probable that through some mistake, a different bird was returned 

 to Mr. Brewster from that which he sent to the taxidermist. 



10. Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis Baird. Red-n aped Sap- 

 sucker. — A specimen supposed to be of this race was taken at 

 Cambridge,* but its peculiar coloration was undoubtedly due to 

 individual variation. 



11. Dryobates villosus leucomelas (Bodd.). Northern 

 Hairy Woodpecker. — Chadbourne includes this species in his 

 Williamstown list,' but it is not now admitted as a Massachusetts 

 bird. 



12. Vireo atricapillus Woodh. Black-capped Vireo. — The 

 record of a specimen taken at Lanesboro on September 8, [1891] 

 by Mr. R. T. Fisher was undoubtedly an error.^ 



13. Helinaea [Helmitherus] swainsonii Aud. Swain- 

 son's Warbler. — Audubon by a singular /a/jwj, gives this as a 



1 Allen ; Amer. Nat., Vol. Ill, No. 10, Dec, 1869, p. 518, p. 14 of sepa- 

 rate, and Baird, Brewer & Ridgway ; Land Birds, Vol. Ill, 1874, p. 296. 



^ Peabody ; Birds of Mass., 1839, p. 270. 



'Allen; Amer. Nat., Vol. Ill, No. 12, Feb., 1870, p. 645, pp. 46,47 of sepa- 

 rate. 



* Brewer; Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. XVII, 1875, p. 443. 

 ^Chadbourne ; Williamstown List, 1858, p. 358. 



* Fisher; O. & O., Vol. XVI, No. 10, Oct., 1891, p. 158. 



