1879.] 2638 [ Brewer. 
Messrs. D. W. Jones and Charles G. White were elected 
Associate Members. 
Mr. M. E. Wadsworth read an essay on the classification 
of rocks (to be published by the Museum of Comparative 
Zoology). 
The following papers were read by title: Palaeozoic 
Cockroaches, by S. H. Scudder (to be printed in the Soci- 
ety’s Memoirs), and 
Some AppiTionAL Notes upon BrrpsS OBSERVED IN NEw 
ENGLAND, WITH THE NAMES OF FIVE SPECIES NOT INCLUDED 
IN HIS PREVIOUS Lists oF NEw ENGLAND Birps. By 
T. M. BREWER. 
Early in February, 1878, I read a paper giving some brief notes on 
certain species of New England birds, and enumerated twenty-one, 
in addition to those previously given in 1875, as entitled to a place 
in a catalogue of the Birds of New England. The occurrence of 
these had been ascertained by different parties during the interval 
of not quite three years. During the fifteen months that have since 
elapsed five additional species have been noted, some rare or doubt- 
ful ones reaffirmed, and several very interesting discoveries have 
been made in regard to the history of the movements and distribution 
of other kinds. One of the most surprising and remarkable of these 
has been the discovery of quite a large colony of the Loggerhead 
Shrike, hitherto regarded as an extreme southern species, breeding 
about Bangor, Me., and a smaller colony of the same bird at Rut- 
land, Vermont. 
Mimus polyglottus Boie. The occurrence of the mocking- 
bird in various parts of southern New England, is a matter of gen- 
eral tradition, but is not so common that it is uninteresting to pre- 
serve a careful record of such cases as arise or have been noted. On 
the 8th of October, 1878, Mr. George H. Mackay shot a fine young 
male in Nantucket. It had evidently never been a caged bird, and was 
in excellent condition. In the Society’s collection is also a female 
mocking-bird taken by the late F. P. Atkinson. Although the local- 
ity is not given it was probably taken in some part of Massachusetts, 
