' Occurrence OF the Swallow-tailed Kite in Mas.sachusetts. Mi. 
; Rayuiond L. Newcomb informs me that he has in his possession a stuffed 
« specimen of Elavoides forficatas, shot near the town of West^ Newbury, 
h' Essex Co., Mass., on the last of September, 1882. This is believed to be 
t the first authentic capture of the kind on record lor New England. 
Elliott Coues, Washington. D. C. N»OtO« SiJan, 1833j| 6'* 
1446. First Capture jof Nauclerus forficatus in Massachusetts. By Ar- 
thur P. Chadbourne. ^ The Quarterly yournal of the Boston Zoological 
Society; Voi. II, 1883, p. 16. Jour. Bas, Zool. Soo. 
