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BULLETIN OF THE NUTTALL 
Observations made in the nesting-season during the last five or six 
years in New Hampshire and Maine, by such experienced collectors as 
Messrs. Brewster and Maynard, and, to a less extent, by Bailey, Deane, and 
myself, show the absence of the foregoing species from the Fauna, and the 
presence of the five following, namely, the Cape May Warbler (Perissoglossa 
tigrina), the Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis Philadelphia), the Olive-sided 
Flycatcher (Contopus borealis), and, in less abundance, the Black-backed 
and the Banded Three-toed Woodpeckers {Picoides arcticus and P. ameri- 
canus). 
What had already appeared in prinFrespectingthe distribution of these 
birds, added to the obserA^ations of the above-named gentlemen, I thought 
warranted me in saying that at least P. tigrina^ G. Philadelphia, and C. 
borealis, were “ generally,” that is, usually, if, perhaps, not universally, 
common, and bred regularly in Northern New England. 
The Worm-eating W’^arbler (Helmitherus vermivorus), the Blue-winged 
Yellow Warbler {Helniinthophaga pinus), the Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria 
virens), the Hooded Warbler (Myiodioctes mitratus), and the Great-crested 
Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) have generally been considered rare birds 
in any part of New England, but in the “ American Naturalist ” (Vol. VII, 
1873, p. 692) I mentioned, on the authority of Mr. J. N. Clark, of Saybrook, 
Conn., that they Avere found at that locality regularly in numbers and breed- 
ing, though he had not actually found the nest of H. vermivorus. I also 
spoke of a Water-Thrush that occurred there, and inferred that it Avas prob- 
ably the Long-billed Water-Thrush {Siurus ludovicianus). Subsequent 
correspond ence^ and a visit to Saybrook in June, 1875, confirmed my sus- 
picion, proving that ludovicianus was the species that summered there, and 
that it was common, as were all the others, Avith the exception of H, vermi- 
vorus. Mr. C. M. Jones, noAV of Eastford, Conn., has Avritten me that he 
observed all but S. ludovicianus and H. vermivorus, at Madison, in that 
State, where he formerly resided. 
The Golden- winged Warbler (Helminthophaga chrysoptera) and the Yel- 
low-winged Sparrow (Goturniculus passerinus) are two species that Dr. 
Brewer still denies can be considered as breeding regularly, or in numbers, 
in any portion of New England. As far back as June, 1869 (Am. Nat., 
Vol. Ill, p. 497), and again in 1870 (Samuels’s Orn. and Ool. of New Eng- 
land, revised edition, 1870, Appendix), I shoAved that the Golden- AAunged 
Warbler was far from uncommon in Massachusetts. Observations made 
every year since have not altered my opinion. I find it in the proper 
places from May to August. It is apparently less plenty after the first of 
June, but is still not a bird of the Canadian Fauna. 
In “ History of North American Birds ” (Vol. I, p. 193) Ave read : “ Oc- 
casionally specimens have been obtained in Massachusetts, and, of late, 
these occurrences have become more common or more observed Mr. 
J. A. Allen has knoAvn of several specimens taken Avithin the State. Mr. 
Jillson has observed it spending the summer in Bolton, and evidently 
