DECEMBER 1, 1900. 
Aaditiou to the List of Brookllne j 
Birds. I 
BY REGINALD HEBER HOWE, JR. I 
In looking through The Journal of the ] 
Boston Zoological Society T find in a list of ■ 
The Rarer Birds of Massachusetts, by [Dr.] A. | 
P.;Chadbourue, the following records of birds i 
new to my recent [Chronicle, spring, 1900] j 
list of the birds of Brookline. These birds j 
were also recorded iu the Bulletin of the i 
Nultall Ornithological Club as below cited. j 
Laniusludoviciana [migrans]. MigrantShrike, 
A young male was taken by Mr. Arthur 
Smith, and then in his possession in 
February, 1879. (Brewster Bull. Nutt 
Orn. Club, Vol. VI., p. 5.5, 1881) and 
(Jour. Bos. Zoo. Soc, Vol. I., p. 20, 
1883). 
Vireo Philadelphia. Philadelphia Vireo. One 
taken in late September (1880?) by Mr. j 
Arthur Smith in the Colleciion of Mr. C. | 
B. Corv. (Brewster Bull. Nutt. Orn.' 
Club, Vol. VI.. p. 56, 1881) and (Jour. 
Bos. Zoo. Soc, Vol. I., p. 20, 1883). ; 
Dendroeca palmarum. Palm Warbler. One' 
taken by Mr. Arthur Smith in the middle ' 
of October, 1878, recorded by Mr. Ruthven 
Deane as D. p. hypochrysea but later 
stated by Dr. A. P. Chad bourne to be re- 
feral)le to the above species. (Deane, 
Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. IV„ p. 60, 
1879) and ( Jour. Bos. Zoo. Soc, Vol. I., 
p. 35, 1883). 
Icteria virens: Yellow-breasted Chat. "A , 
nest was found in Brookline, in 1852, by , 
Mr. Theodore Lyman." (See Baird, i 
Brewer and Ridgwav, Land Birds, Vol. 
I, p. .309, 1874.) ' ' 
Wilsonia mitrala. Hooded Warbler. A ' 
male was taken on June 25, 1879, bv Mr. ! 
William Adair. (Deane, Bull. "Nuti. i 
Orn. Club, Vol. V., p. 117, 1880) and ] 
(Jour. Bos. Zoo. Soc, Vol. I, p. 5,1882). j 
Parus hudsonius. Hudson Bay Chickadee, j 
One was "found"' by S. Eliot Greene ] 
"near his bouse" prior to 1839. (Peabodv , I 
Rep. Ornitb. Mass., p. 402, 1839) and i 
(Jour. Bos. Zoo. Soc, Vol. I., p. 4, 1882). j 
I find also recorded in Minot's Revised 
Land Birds and Game Birds of New Eng- 
land a note by Mr. William Brewster record- 
ing the following :— 
Thryothorus ludovicianus. Carolina Wren, j 
One was taken bv Mr. Arthur Smith on I 
November 4, 1883.' (p. 72.) 
In the Collection of the Boston Society of 
Natural History there is also a Blue-headed 
Pigeon {Starnaenas cyanocephalus) , prob- 
ably an escape cage bird, taken on October 10, 
1870. 
With these adtlitional species added to the 
list it now numbers one hundred and sixty- 
three birds that have been recorded from j 
1839 to 1900 in the town. i 
Correction. ! 
The Long-billed Curlew ( Numenius Ion- ' 
griostris) spoken of in the former list I find ' 
to be the Hudsonian Curlew ( Numenius \ 
hudsonicus ) . 
