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taken on the coast as to be fairly considered as more than an accidental 
visitor.” (Cones, Proc. Ess. Inst., Vol. V, 1868.) 
Sula fiber. Booby Gannet. — “ Guilford,” Conn., Linsley (1. c.). 
‘‘September. Rare.” Essex Co., F. W. Putnam. (Proc. Ess. Inst., Vol. 
I, 1856.) Both these cases are cited by Dr. Coues in his Birds of New 
England, and the last by C. J. Maynard. (Naturalist’s Guide, 1870.) 
I think that the above-named five birds have as much right to be in- 
cluded among those that have occurred with us as have the Mealy Red- 
Poll {jFgiotlius canescens), Small-headed Flycatcher (Myiodioctes minutus), 
Willow Ptarmigan {Lagopus albus), White-fronted Goose {Anser gamheli), 
and Hutchin’s Goose {Bernida hutdiinsi). which are all retained by Dr. 
Brewer. There are also two other birds, namely, the Blue-gray Gnat- 
catcher {Polioptila cfsrulea) and the Blue Warbler {Vendrceca ccendea), 
expunged by Dr. Brewer, whose record of occurrence in New England 
is as- good as any just cited, which I am prepared to show have recently 
been taken in Connecticut and Rhode Island. (See this number of the 
Bulletin, p. 20.) 
In regard to the Robin (Turdus migratorius), the Crow (Corvus ameri- 
canus), the Hairy Woodpecker (Piicws m^^osas), the Long-eared Owl (Ohts 
wilsonianus), the Short-eared Owl {Brachyotus cassini), the Acadian Owl 
{Nyctale acadica), and the Sharp-shinned Hawk {Nisus fuscus), which Dr. 
Brewer classed as summer residents of New England (he saying of the 
Crow that a few winter), but which I stated must be considered as con- 
stant residents, at least of the southern portions, and some of them also of 
the northern, I will say that a reference to the often cited local lists, and 
to other writings on New England birds, quite fully confirms my remark, 
these species being given as residents, some of them occurring in smaller 
numbers in wunter, as is to be expected, while again others are found more 
frequently in winter than at any other season. I notice a slight exception 
in the case of Nisus fuscus, a few writers regarding it as only a summer 
visitant, even to Massachusetts ; but that it, as well as the others, remains 
in greater or less numbers in certain sections the year round, is well known 
to collectors. 
In the “History of North American Birds,” by Messrs. Baird, Brewer, 
and Ridgway, we find the following respecting the winter distribution 
of the Robin : “ In the winter months it is most abundant in the South- 
ern States, while in the Middle and even the Northern States, in favorable 
localities, it may be found throughout the year ; its migrations being 
influenced more by the question of food than of climate. In the valleys 
among the White Mountains, where snow covers the ground from October 
to June, and where the cold reaches the freezing-point of mercury, flocks 
of Robins remain during the entire winter, attracted by the abundance oF 
berries. In Massachusetts a few Robins remain throughout the year, but 
the greater proportion leave early in November, returning late in February 
or early in March.” 
