A New Bird to Massachusetts. — Mr. Charles W. Townsend, of 
Boston,- shot, July 28, 1876, a male specimen of Plectrophanes ornatus. 
It was taken in Magnolia, near Gloucester, Mass., in a field near the sea- 
shore, and has been by Mr. Townsend presented to the New England col- 
lection of the Boston Natural History Society. It is an adult male, in 
worn plumage. — T. M. Brewer, Boston, Mass. 
BulX N. O.O. 2i July, 1877. p. 7 $. 
