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land), seldom reach Northern New England : Cistothorius stellaris, Vireo 
gilvus, V. flavifrons, V.novehoracensis, Spizella pusilla, Zencedura carolinensis; 
nor is the latter “ rare.” The following are not “ rare ” at Saybrook, Conn., 
but breed there regularly in more or less numbers, and probably occur all 
along the Sound shore west of the mouth of the Connecticut Kiver : Helmi- 
therus vermivorus, Helminthophaga pinus, Icteria virens, Myiodioctes mitra- 
tus, as do also Siurus ludovicianus, and Myiarchus crinitus ; the latter being 
given as a “ rare summer resident (of New England). The next two, 
Helminthophaga chry^optera and Coturniculus passerinus, cannot be called 
“rare ” summer residents of Southern New England, as they breed in num- 
bers regularly, especially the latter. The three following are generally com- 
mon, and breed regularly in Northern New England, not “ rare ” summer 
residents, as marked in the list ; Perissoglossa tigrina, Geothylpis Philadelphia, 
Contopus borealis. The following should be marked, not as “ summer resi- 
dents ” or “ visitants,” but rather as visitors in spring and fall : Numenius 
longirostris, Coturnicops (Porzana) novehoracensis, and Fulica americana. 
Picoides arcticus and P. americanus are not winter visitants only, to all 
New England, but are residents in Northern New England, and rare win- 
ter visitants to Southern New England. Regulus satrapa winters in num- 
bers in Southern New England, if not also in Northern New England, 
where it is nearly resident. Anthus ludovicianus is a spring and fall visi- 
tant in New England, not “winter.” Junco hyemalis hardly winters in 
Northern New England, where it is merely a summer resident. Ectopistes 
migratoria is a regular summer resident of quite all New England, though 
more common in some parts than others. Ortyx virginianus does not occur 
in Northern New England. Astur atricapillus is resident in Northern New 
England, winter visitant in Southern New England. Micropalama himan- 
topus is migratory along the whole New England coast. 
The following should as certainly have the asterisk prefixed as any 
already so marked : Mimus polyglottus, Ampelis garrulus, Euspiza ameri- 
cana, Xanthocephalus icterocephalus, Centurus carolinus, Hierofalco islandi- 
cus, Gupidonia cupido, Meleagris gallopavo, Himantopus nigricollis, Ibis 
ordii, Herodias egretta, Florida ccerulea, Garzetta candidissima, Gallinula 
galeata, Cygnus americanus, Anser hyperboreus, Anser gambelli, Campto- 
Icemus labradorius, Gelochelidon aranea. 
The specimen of Tyrannus verticalis was shot neither at Plympton nor 
Pembroke, Me., but at Elliot, by Mr. George E. Brown. 
In the matter of Macrorhamphus scolopaceus, Mr. Brewster was wrongly 
understood, as he informs us he finds it and griseus in company. Two 
varieties each ,of Quiscalus, Hierofalco, and Archibuteo are given as found 
in New England, and also an apocryphal little bird we are surprised to 
see brought to light again, namely, Myiodioctes minutus. — H. A. P. 
