, 


RARER BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS. 519 
some years since in May. This, I believe, forms the second 
authentic instance of its capture in this state. Two were 
taken in Lynn, April 21st, 1852, by Mr. S. Jillson.* 
NonrHERN Wax-wine. Ampelis garrulus Linn. The 
visits of this beautiful northern species so far south are very 
infrequent, and in only a few instances has it been recorded 
from this state. It has been taken, however, in Connecticut 
by Dr. Wood. I am also informed by Mr. S. Jillson, that 
eleven specimens were taken by him in Bolton, in this state, 
in January, 1864. A specimen has been seen the present 
autumn (October, 1869), in Cambridge, by Wm. Brewster. 
Sonrragx Vireo. Lanivireo solitarivs Bon. This species 
formerly supposed to be more properly a spring and autumn 
visitant than a summer resident, seems to breed not unfre- 
quently at some localities. Dr. Brewer says it is as common 
in summer about Roxbury as any of the Vireos, except per- 
haps the Red-eyed. 
WnrrE-EYED Vireo. Vireo Noveboracensis Bon. As stated 
in my Catalogue, this species is much more common in the 
eastern part of the state than in the western. Like some 
other species, it is much more common during some years 
than in others. Dr. Wood has found three nests at East 
Windsor Hill during the last ten years, but he considers it 
rare there. Mr. C. W. Bennett obtained the first specimen 
I have known found in Western Massachusetts in May, 
1867, at Holyoke. I killed a pair the last week in July in 
Springfield, in 1868. These I believe are the only ones 
as yet known from that portion of the state. In 1868 it 
Was quite common in and about Cambridge, but this year 
I have not observed it. 
ERHEAD SHRIKE. — Collurio Ludovicianus Baird. 
A sada excubitoroides and L. elegans Swain). This species, 
as observed by Dr. Coues,t was formerly given as a bird o 
New England, but deeming the authority to be highly ques- 


*F. W. Putnam, Proc. Essex Inst., indui m 
f List of the Birds of New England, | p. 277. 

