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breeding, as has also Mr. Allen at Springfield, and Mr. Bennett at Holy- 
oke.” (See also Am. Nat., Vol. Ill, 1869, p. 575 ; Maynard’s Naturalist’s 
Guide, 1870 ; and this Bulletin, Vol. I, p. 6, for accounts of the nesting of 
this species in Massachusetts.) 
I had no idea that any one acquainted at all with New England birds 
could say that C. passerinus was rare, or even uncommon, in Southern 
New England. Why, it absolutely swarms, so to speak, on Nantucket. I 
presume Dr. Brewer will allow that island to be included within our 
limits. On Cape Cod, and, indeed, in various portions of Massachusetts, 
Bhode Island, and Connecticut, and even northAvard to Concord, New 
Hampshire, it may be found in plenty at all suitable localities. At Say- 
brook, Conn., its notes were to be heard in eA^ery field. (See History 
North American Birds, Vol. I, p. 554, and local lists of Ncav England 
birds, south of Northern sections, in confirmation of this statement. 
The Long-billed Curlew (Numenius longirostris)^ the YelloAv Kail (Por- 
zana noveboracensis), and the Coot {Fulica americana) I considered spring 
and fall migrants, rather than as summer residents. The lists show this 
statement also to be true,, Avhile the gunners and collectors further confirm 
it. Perhaps a feAV may summer on the extreme northeastern coast of 
Maine. 
But my space is becoming limited. That the Golden-crested Kinglet 
(Regulus satraim) Avinters in numbers in Southern New England, that the 
SnoAvbird (Jiinco hyemalis) does not do so in Northern NeAv England, that 
the Titlark (Anthus ludovicianus) does not Avinter (perhaps Avith rare ex- 
ceptions in the southernmost parts), and that Ectopistes migratoria regu- 
larly summers in different portions of NeAV England, are all ‘statements 
demonstrable by facts already in print, and by the observations of those 
who speak of that which they do knoAV. 
A Avord about the Stilt Sandpiper {Micropalma liimantopus), and I am 
done. In the “American Naturalist” (Vol. Ill, p. 639) is recorded the 
first supposed instance of its occurrence in NeAV England. In the same 
periodical ( Vol. VII, p. 727) is given the first supposed * instance for 
Massachusetts. Again (in Vol. VI, p. 307) Mr. Brewster says : “ The Stilt 
Sandpiper {Micropalma liimantopus), Avhich I see Avas recorded in a recent 
number of the ‘ Naturalist’ as neAV to our Fauna, I consider by no means 
rare in its migrations. Indeed, I have seen as many as six or seven sent 
into Boston market at one time, from Cape Cod, and, in the course of a 
few weeks’ shooting in August, at Rye Beach, N. H. (just north of our 
State limits), secured no less than ten specimens.” Not only has he since 
shot it, but he, as well as myself and others, find it frequently in the 
Boston markets. 
* Mr. F. C. Browne, of Framingham, has a specimen taken at Plymouth in 
1852. 
