September 1, 1885, Mr. Sanford captured al 

 male Blue-graj Gnateatulisr near East Haven^ 

 Conn. 



Q,&O.XII.S6pt. 1887 P,1S6 



O-er; oj-ai K'otea 



On April 6, at Stratford, the very familiar cries of a Blue-gray Gnat- 

 I catclier attracted and lield my attention for several minutes, when it passed 

 I beyond hearing. Although but a short distance away at first, it was not j 

 I seen, barriers interfering with approach. J 



^ nk A, J»n, 18©3. D.8S. 



NOTICE OF A FEW BIRDS OF RARE OR ACCIDENTAL 

 OCCURRENCE IN NEW ENGLAND. 



BY H. A. PUEDIE. ' 



The following data respecting the occurrence of the following 

 fourteen species so far to the northeastward as New England are of 

 special interest. I am indebted to Messrs. Frederic T. Jeneks of 

 Providence, E. I., Erwin I. Shores of Sufiield, Conn., F. C. Browne 

 of Framingham, Mass., and J. N. Clark of Saybrook, Conn., for facts 

 relating to eleven of the birds here mentioned. 



1. PolioptUa cserulea. Blue-gray Gnatcatoher. — Mr. Jencks 

 writes : " Two were shot at Wauregan (Wiudham County), Conn., by 

 Mr. C. M. Carpenter, — a male in 1874 and a female in 1876. Three or 

 four were seen by me at Providence, R. I., May 23, 1875." 



A male was also shot, by Mr. Shores, at Silver Spring, near Providence, 

 June 24, 1875, and several others have been seen by him at different times 

 in Providence and vicinity. 



BuliN.O.O, 2, Jan. . 1877, p, iOlf- 



Distribution of New England Birde.- 

 AEeply to Dr.Bre-wer. H.A.Purcie. 



There cU.>c Aw , namely, the Bhio-gray Gnat- 



catcher (PolioptUa cmrulea) ami. ^ Biwe WwiuMim (Brnmiomm c0^^), 



expunged by Dr. Brewer, whose record of occurrence in New England 



is as good as any just cited, which I am prepared to show ha^ recently 



been taken in Connecticut and Rhode Island. (See this number of the i 



Bulletin, p. 20.) 



Bull. N.O.O. 2. Jan.. 1877. p. T^f^i^, ^ j | 



