Piranga rubra in Massachusetts. — On May 12, 1901, while walking in 
Newton, I heard the call of the Summer Tanager and on going in pursuit 
soon came up with the bird. It was not in red plumage, but from a cer- 
tain streaky, splashy, unsettled appearance, the orange-red being very 
bright in spots, I took it for an immature male. This, however, is a mat- 
ter of very inexpert opinion. As to the identity of the bird as Piranga 
rubra , there could be no do'ubt. I had it under my glass (an eight-power 
Zeiss) for some time at short range, under the most favorable conditions ; 
and while thus under observation it uttered again and again its very 
peculiar and thoroughly characteristic polysyllabic signal, with which I 
am fairly familiar from having heard it often at the South. According 
to Messrs Ilowe and Allen’s ‘Birds of Massachusetts’ this may count as 
the sixth Massachusetts record. — Bradford Torrey, Wellesley Hills, 
Mass. 
Auk, XVIII, July., 1901, p. *7 3- 
Some Birds of Bare or Accidental Oc- 
ourrence in New England. H- A. Purdie 
(>. Pyranga asstiva. Summer Reddird. — Mr. Jencks informs me 
that a male was shot a few years since on Ten-Mile River, six or eight miles 
northeast of Providence. It has appeared before, but is sufficiently rare 
here to merit notice. 
BuU. N.O.O. 2, Jan., 1877. p.21 
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Piranga rubra rubra ( Linne ). Summer Tanager. — A male taken at 
Deer Island, Boston harbor, Mass., April 11, 1916. The plumage and 
general condition of this specimen led us to believe that this bird had not 
been in captivity. It was taken on the window-ledge of a pumping station. 
