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BULLETIN OF THE NUTTALL 
“ Upper parts and rump olive-green, a shade darker than in pinus. 
Wings bluish-gray, with two white hands, the upper not so clearly defined 
as in pinus. Tail bluish-gray, with the three outer tail-feathers with most 
of the web white, also a small white spot on the end of the fourth feather. 
Crown and under parts, from breast to vent, orange. A broad black patch 
extends from the bill through and behind the eye. Chin, throat, and fore- 
part of the breast black. A yellow stripe, commencing under the bill, 
extends back between the black eye- and breast-patches, and increases in 
width upon the shoulder. Length, 4.50 ; wing, 2.50 ; tail, 2.00. Meas- 
urements from the mounted bird.” 
^The measurements of the two birds are as nearly identical as is 
possible when one bird is mounted and the other a skin. Of its 
habitat, the plumage of the female, and its nesting peculiarities, we 
can only conjecture, but it seems not unreasonable to presume that 
its habitat is similar to that of its near congener, H. pinus^ and 
that New Jersey may some day produce its nest and eggs, as it has 
already produced the only two known specimens of the bird. 
The female, I believe, will be found to be not unlike that of H. 
pinus, and a close inspection of supposed specimens of the latter 
bird now in collections may develop some interesting facts. 
In conclusion it may be well to add, what by inadvertence I 
omitted when the description was first published,, namely, that for 
the correct delineation of the bird in the plate I am indebted to 
Mr. Eobert Eidgway, of the Smithsonian Institution, to whom I 
take this opportunity of tendering my thanks. 
NOTICE OF A FEW BIEDS OF EAEE OE ACCIDENTAL 
OCCUEEENCE IN NEW ENGLAND. 
BY H. A. PURDIE. 
The following data respecting the occurrence of the following 
fourteen species so far to the northeastward as New England are of 
special interest. I am indebted to Messrs. Frederic T. Jencks of 
Providence, E. I., Erwin I. Shores of Sutfield, Conn., F. C. Browne 
of Framingham, Mass., and J. N. Clark of Say brook, Conn., for facts 
relating to eleven of the birds here mentioned. 
1. Polioptila cserulea. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. — Mr. Jencks 
writes : “ Two were shot at Wauregan (Windham County), Conn., by 
