Another Occurrence of 'the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in Essex 

 County, Massachusetts. — I should like to record a full plumaged Blue- 

 gray Gnatcatcher {PoliopUla ccerulea aerulea) seen in the pitch pine trees 

 of the Ipswich Dunes on August 24, 1912. 



The bird when first seen was flitting about the trees like a Kinglet utter- 

 ing a curious little call note which at once attracted my attention. I 

 coaxed the bird out on to the lower dead limb of a gray birch by squeaking, 

 so that we were able to observe it carefully for ten of fifteen minutes 

 although it was quite restless. 



The bird was seen by Miss E. D. Boardman, Edmund Bridge and myself. 



Blue-gray Gnatcatcher at Groton, Mass. — On Nov. 19, 1915, a 

 female or immature Blue-gray Gnatcatcher {PoliopUla c. cmrulea) was 

 found dead on HoUis St., in Groton, Mass., by Master Robert F. Cressey, 

 seven years of age, a member of the local bird club. The specimen is now 

 being mounted for the collection of the Museum Society p t Groton School. — 

 William P. Wharton, Groton, Mass. 



— LiDiAN E. Bridge, West Medford, 



