A New Warbler ( Myiodioctes mitratus ) for Massachusetts. — 
For information regarding the first occurrence of the Hooded Warbler in 
Massachusetts I am indebted to Mr. Gordon Plummer, who writes me that 
an adult male of this species was taken by Mr. William Adair, who shot 
it from the highest branches of an oak-tree, in Brookline, June 25, 1879. 
This Warbler is abundant and breeds in Southern Connecticut, yet only a 
single instance of its presence near the Massachusetts line has been noted, 
Mr. E. I. Shores having captured a specimen at Suffield, Conn. — Ruth- 
vkn Deane, Cambridge, Mass. 
Bu&N.O.O. 5, April, 1880, p. Hi. 
Capture of a Second Specimen of the Hooded Warbler in Massachu- 
setts. — Some time ago my friend, Mr. Wilmot W. Brown , Jr. , of this city, 
showed me, among other interesting birds in his collection, a specimen of 
the Hooded Warbler ( Sylvania mitrata) taken at Provincetown, Mass., 
by Mr. Harry C. Whorf of Winthrop. 1 have since obtained full particu- 
lars of the capture from Mr. Whorf, who kindly permits me to write this 
note. The bird was an adult male in high plumage, and was shot June 
25, 18S8, while busily catching insects in a thicket of scrub oaks and 
bushes. From the date of capture it would seem probable that the War- 
bler was breeding in the vicinity ; but Mr. Whorf, who watched it for some 
time before shooting, saw nothing in its behavior to indicate that such 
was the case, the bird showing no signs of anxiety at his presence, nor 
any of the actions characteristic of a bird having a nest or young near by. 
There is, I believe, but one previous record of the occurrence of Sylvania 
mitrata in Massachusetts, that of a specimen taken in Brookline, June 
25, 1879, as noted by Mr. Ruthven Deane (Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. V, 
18S0, p.117). — Frank II. Hitchcock, Somerville, Mass. 
AUK. VII, Oct, 1890, p, v<7- 
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