First Occurrence 
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New Hampshire. — On 
May 26,1894, an adult male Blue Grosbeak ( Guiraca ccerulea ), in full 
plumage, was seen near the house for about twenty minutes; I succeeded 
in getting within ten feet of the bird, so that I could see all the markings 
distinctly without the aid of a glass. I had no means of securing the 
specimen, but there can be, I think, no doubt as to the identification. 
The probability that this was an escaped cage bird at once suggests 
itself, but it is safe to say that the bird did not belong to anyone in this 
town or immediate neighborhood. Moreover, the feet and plumage 
seemed in too good condition for a newly escaped captive. 1 — Mabel C. 
Berry, East Derry , N. II. 
1 Previous New England records are: Boardman (Proc. Boston Soc. N. H., 
IX, 1862, p. 127), near Calais, Me. ; Plummer (Bull. N. O. C., V, 1880, p. 184), 
Brookline, Mass. ; and the Grand Menan, N. B., record by Herrick. 
