1879.] 265 ® [Brewer, 
tain parties thought they saw it and recognized its note, the example 
itself had never been forthcoming. On the 6th of July, 1878, one of 
these birds, a fine specimen as it proved, ventured into the garden of 
Mr. Geo. O. Welch, taxidermist of Lynn, and its strange note soon 
drew attention to the little stranger. The consequences of such im- 
prudence were the securing for our New England collection of the 
first specimen known to have been taken within the limits of these 
States. Since then Mr. Purdie mentions (Bull. Nutt. Club, rv, 
p- 61), the capture of another by Mr. J. H. Clark, at Saybrook, 
Conn., Nov. 25, 1878. 
Anthus ludovicianus Licht. Mr. W. A. Jeffries shot, on the 
8th of June, 1878, a fine example of this species. Its mate, if it had 
one, was not noted, and by it no means follows that it would have 
bred in that locality, but its occurrence so late in the season is cer- 
tainly an interesting and suggestive fact, establishing its eccentric 
and irregular habits. ‘The species breeds both in Colorado and in high 
northern regions, and appears to be liable to occur here almost 
every month in the year. 
Helminthophaga pinus Baird. It seems after all, that this 
species has also a good Massachusetts record. Attention was called 
(Bulletin 111, p. 188), to an example of this species in the collection 
of this Society procured in Dedham, several years ago, and mention 
is made of another shot in West Roxbury by Mr. C. N. Hammond, 
May 17, 1878. It is not given as of Massachusetts, in my catalogue, 
and, though given in Mr. Allen’s first list of the birds of Massachu- 
setts, is not mentioned by him in his latest catalogue, except as a bird 
of probable occurrence.t 
Dendroica dominica Baird. In the Bulletin of the Nuttall 
Club (111, p. 146), is noted the capture, some ten years ago, of the 
Yellow-throated Warbler on the banks of Charles River, by Mr. Geo. 
E. Brown, of Dedham. This is the first recorded instance of its cap- 
_ ture in Massachusetts, and its second New England record. 
Dendroica pinus Baird. Mr. N. C. Brown in the Bulletin for 
April, 1879, furnishes some very interesting notes. on the distribution 
of this bird in the southern portion of Maine, showing also that I 
1 Since the above was in type Mr. Harry Merrill of Bangor informs me 
that Mr. N. A. Eddy of that city has found the Blue-winged Yellow Warbler 
(Helminthophaga pinus) breeding near New Haven. ‘The nest wasfound June 
14th; on the 20th it contained four eggs, and with the 9 parent was then taken. 
The nest was on the ground, and was loosely constructed of oak leaves. This is, 
I believe, the only instance in which its nest has been recorded as taken in New 
England. 
