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field, Mass., between May 15 and 20, 1876— Fred. H. Keyes. vi., 21, 

 338— Arrived at Lebanon, 111, March 17, 1876— Wm. L. Jones, vi., 

 S3, 854— Arrived at HoUis, N. H., April 15, 1874 ; May 4, 1875 ; 

 April 8, 1876— W. H. Fox. vi , 24, 387— Notes a case of one having 

 its foot caught in a mussel shell — R. L. Newcomb. vi., 25, 403 — 

 Very common at Ann Arbor, Mich after the first week in April ; eggs 

 are laid by May 1 and they depart South the last of September— A. B. 

 Covert, vi., 26, 418— Noticed at Salem, Mass., May 7, 1876— R. L. 

 Newcomb. viii., 7, 96— Noticed near Plymouth, Mass., in 1853— 

 F. C. Br pwne. viii., 15, 335— Is found in limited numbers on the 

 Coteau des PrairieSi Dakota, from June 21 to Sept. 8— Chas. E. Mc- 

 Chesney. viii., 17, 368— Found near Washington, D. C— (E. F. 

 Boiseau). viii., 23, 361— Found in Michigan— "Archer" (6. A. 

 Stock well), xi., 3, 47— Plentiful at Peotone, 111.; brobably breeds— 

 D. H. Eaton, xii., 10, 185— First noticed May 21, 1852, at Ply- 

 mouth. Mass.; young just hatched June 18— F. C. Browne, xii., 30, 

 385 — First taken at Lake Como, Wyoming, May 3; not common un- 

 til May 15— S. W. WiUiston. 



Trochilus colubris. Ruby-throated Hummingbird, i., 8, 119— Account 

 of a battle between two Hummingbirds at Kingston, N. Y., in which 

 one killed the other — Editors, vi., 14, 315— Ajrived at West Farms, 

 N. Y., May 11, 1875— Winthrop G. Stevens, vi., 20, 818-Verycopi- 

 mon visitor at Ann Arbor, Mich.; arrives by the middle of May ; nest 

 is built by June 10; depart middle of September — A. B. ( overt, vi., 

 20, 318— One seen at Ferrisburgh, Vt., May 38, 1876— K. £. Robin- 

 son, vi., 31, 338 — N&ticed at Springfield, Mass., between May 15 

 and 30, 1(576— Fred. H. Keyes. vi., 24, 386— Mai s arrived at River- 

 dale, N. Y., May 6, 1876— E. P. Bicknell. vi., 25, 402— Common in 

 Central New York May to September ; breeds — H. G. Fowler. ■ viii., 

 7, 96— Noticed on Clark's Island, Plymouth, Mass., in 1853— F. C. 

 Browne, viii., 7, 96 — Common summer resident at Webster, N. H.; 

 breeds— Chas. P. Goodhue, viii., 17, 367 — ( ommon summer resident 

 at Washington, D. C— (R. F. Boiseau). viii., 18, 380— General ac- 

 count of this species— Geo. Bond win. viii., 19, 300— Found in Mich- 

 igan— " Archer " (G A. Stookwell). viii., 21, 341— The Ottawa 

 "Free Press" ( anada), of May 81, 1877, contains an account of the 

 remarkable tameness displayed ly a pair of these birds in entering a 

 room where flowers were, x , 5, 76 — Dates of arrival in spring at 

 Framingham, Mass., for 25 years — F. C. Browne, xii., 11, 305 — 

 Common in Nova Scotia, arriving last week in May and leaving mid- 

 dle of Sept. — J. Matthew Jones. 



Troglodytes sedon. — House Wren, ii., 11, 162 — Rarely seen in the Lake 

 Okeechobee region, Pla — Fred. A. Ober. v.; 17, 260 — Found breeding 

 everywhere in the^laok Hills by Geo. Bird Grinnell in 1874^Ernest 

 IngersoU. v. , 23, 340 — Regularly raise two broods in a season near 

 Trenton, N. J. — Chas. C. Abbott, vi., 4, 52 — First arrivals at 

 Ephrata, Penn., May 1, 1875— W. H. Spera. vi., 7, 99— Very rare 

 near Ann Arbor, Mich.; arrives May 5; raises two- broods and de- 

 parts Sept. 1 — A. B. Covert, vi., 12, 180 — Arrives in Central New 

 York in May ; not common in summer and departs south in October 

 — H. G. Fowler, vi., 14, 215— Arrived at West Farms, N. Y., April 

 23, 1875— Winthrop G. Stevens, vi., 15, 333 -Singing at Eiverdale, 

 N. Y., April 27, 1876— E. P. Bicknell. vi , 30, 818— Formerly com- 

 mon at Ferrisburgh, Vt.; but never seennow — R. E. Robinson, vii., 

 26, 404— Noticed in Southeastern Wyoming, May 19, 1875— A. 6. 

 Brackett. viii., 3, 33 — Summer resident at Webster, N. H.; usually 

 rafe, but more common this year (1876) — Chas. F. Goodhue, viii., 

 17, 261 — Found in Michigan ; the Wood Wren is also given as having 

 been taken at Gross Isle, Wayne County, by Prof. Pox, but this sup- 

 posed species is shown to be only a different form of the common 

 Wren— "Archer" (Q. A. Stockwell). viii., 17, 368— Found near 



