

Brewer.] 308 [February 6, 



not probable that the bird had escaped from confinement, and there- 

 fore this species may once more take its place among the many- 

 accidental visitors to New England. 



Tachypetes aquilus Vieill. Mr. Merriam, in his Birds of 

 Connecticut (p. 131), records the capture of a single specimen of 

 this tropical form at Faulkner's Island in the autumn of 1859. It is 

 also recorded by Mr. Grinnell (Am. Nat., ix, p. 470). 



Sterna fuliginosa Gm. Mr. Purdie mentions (Nutt. Bull., n, 

 p. 22), as in tlie collection of a Mr. Clark of Saybrook, Conn., an 

 example of this species picked up at the steam-boat wharf of that 

 place* And Mr. Deane (Nutt. Bull., u, p. 27) also reports the capture 

 of one of these species near Lawrence, Mass., Oct. 29, 1876. Three 

 birds of this species were observed near Chatham, Mass., but were 

 not secured, by Mr. Wm. Jeffries, in Sept., 1877. These are the 

 only authentic mention of the presence of this species on our coast 

 that have come within my knowledge. 



The species mentioned above as found, with positive certainty, 

 within the limits of New England are as fellows: — 



1. Polioptila cserulea Sclat. Very rare and accidental; 

 Connecticut and Massachusetts. 



2. Lophophanes bicolor Bon. Accidental; Conn, in winter. 



3. Dendroica Blackburniss Bd. Common throughout New- 

 England, a few breeding in Connecticut and Massachusetts, and 

 more abundantly northward; migratory in spring and fall. 



4. Dendroica cserulea Bd. Conn. (?) 



5. Dendroica Audubonii Bd. Accidental ; Cambridge, 

 Mass. 



6. Dendroica dominica Vieill. Conn.; rare. 



7. Oporornis formosus Bd. Conn.; rare. 



8. Pyranga ludoviciana Bon. Mass.; accidental. 



9. Stelgidopteryx serripennis Aud. Southwestern Conn. 



10. Collyrio excubitoroides Bd. Very rare; Rhode Island. 



11. Plectrophanes crnatus Towns. Accidental; Mass. 



12. Juneo oregonus Towns. Accidental; Mass. 



13. Calamospiza bicolor Bon. Accidental; Mass. 



14. Milvulus forficatus Sw. Accidental; Mass. 



15. Empidonax acadicus Bd. Bare; Western Conn. 



16. Surnia ulula Linn. Probably rare ; Me. 



17. Recurvirostra americana Gm. Conn.; rare. 



18. Ibis alba Vieill. Conn.; probably accidental. 



19. Bernicla leucopsis Linn. Vermont; accidental. 



