The BLUE-wiuaBD Yellow Warbleb {Helminthophaga pinus) in Mas- , 

 SAOHUSETTS. — Although this species has been recorded * as a bird of the t 

 State, and the specimen cited is in the collection of the Boston Society of 

 Natural History (the specimen was captured in Dedham by Mr. Emanuel 

 Samuels and presented to the society by Dr. Cabot), recent writers on 

 Massachusetts birds have seen fit to exclude it from their lists. I have 

 just examined a fine male specimen of this species which was captured in 

 West Roxbury, Mass., on May 17, 1878, by Mr. C. N. Hammond. It is 

 now in the collection of Mr. John Fottler, Jr., of Boston. This makes the 

 second recorded instance of its capture in the State.— Ruthven Deane, 

 Cambridge, Mass. Ball. N.O.O. 3, Oct.. 1878. p. /^^ 



The Blue-winged-\^Arbk7t/^&i|?.?«' ^nu^'^'in Eastern Mass- 

 achusetts. — On the afternoon of May 15, 1897, while collecting among 

 some scattered bushes and low trees on the edge of a swampy wood in the 

 section of Boston known as Dorchester, near the West Roxbury and Hyde 

 Park lines, I came across a bird of this species. When first seen the bird 

 was sitting on the outer branch of a small bush about ten yards from me. 

 While I was watching, it suddenly flew directly toward me for about ten 

 or twelve feet after an insect, which it caught while on the wing, poising 

 itself for a moment in the air and then returning to the same bush, imme- 

 diately passing through to the other side where it was lost to view. 



Although this species has been taken in West Roxbury and also in 

 Dedham, it is a rare bird in Massachusetts and worthy of note. — Foster , ' 

 H. Brackett, Boston, Mass. 



Blue-winged Warbler {Helminthophila pinus) near Boston, Mass.— 

 In the afternoon of May 29, at Waverley, Mass., I was walking in a meadow 

 through which a brook flowed. The banks of the brook were thickly 

 grown with trees and shrubs. From the border of this growth came the 

 two-note song of this warbler, and it was repeated continuously during 

 the hour or more I spent in the vicinity. I first saw the bird working his 

 way through a tall bush, and while I watched him his preference seemed 

 to be for the smaller trees and border shrubs. He was not shy, so I had 

 excellent opportunity, sometimes from within three or four feet, to 

 observe all his distinctive markings. I think there were two birds there, 

 but I am positive of only one, an adult male. — Guy Emerson, Brooklhie, 

 Mass. Aak, XIX, July, ig02, p, 



