Brewer.] 302 [February 6, 



Par us hudsonius Forster. In the July (1876) number of the 

 Bulletin, Mr. B. Hart Merriam mentions the capture of this north- 

 ern species in Connecticut, near New Haven, the most southern point 

 of which there is any record. Mr. Merriam also calls attention 

 to the overlooked fact that this species was taken in Brookline by 

 S. E. Greene, Esq., in 1839. I found this species abundant in Mt. 

 Desert during July and August, in 1877. 



Lophophanes bicolor Bon. Mr. Merriam (Birds of Conn., 

 p. 19) cites this species as a rare and accidental visitor to Connecti- 

 cut, mentioning Lyme, Hartford, etc., as the places where its pres- 

 ence has given any tangible claim to be regarded as even accident- 

 ally a New England bird. 



Thryothorus ludovicianus Bon. I am not prepared to 

 admit the right of this bird to a place among the birds of New Eng- 

 land. It has never been recorded from Connecticut, and has never 

 been taken wkhin our limits. Its presence may, however, be looked 

 for if we can credit the correctness of the unauthenticated observa- 

 tions of H. D. Minot (Nutt. Bull., i, p. 76), who is confident he met 

 with a pair near Boston in the summer of 1876. 



Anthus ludovicianus Licht. This bird should have been 

 given- in my catalogue as migratory in spring and fall, as well as a 

 winter visitant. I have taken several specimens in mid-winter 

 (Feb.), and on Jan. 4, 1878, a small flock of this species was ob- 

 served near Newburyport by Mr. R. L, NTewcomb of Salem, an 

 accurate and observing ornithologist. This species is also given by 

 Mr. Boies as a winter visitant in corresponding latitudes in Michi- 

 gan, 1 and by Mr. S. L. Willard 2 as occurring in winter near Utica, 

 N. York. 



Helminthophaga chrysoptera Cab. Farther investigations 

 demonstrate this species to be a very rare and very local visitant in 

 summer to this State. Only four nests, in all, have been taken here, 

 and all of these have been in Newton (Nutt. Bull., i, p. 6). Mr. Mer- 

 riam cites it as a rare summer resident in Connecticut, mentioning 

 New Haven, Portland, Saybrook, Suflield and Hartford, as the 

 localities. 



Helminthophaga celata Bd. Since the publication of the 

 catalogue a third and fourth example have been taken; one at Hollis, 



iA. H. Boies. Cat. Birds S. Mich. Hudson, 1875. 

 2 Birds of Central New York, Utica, 1877. 



