irrow ( Melospiza fasciata). May 2; 
Sparrow ( Passerculus sandioichens 
May 21, 25, 26, 27. 
nch ( Pooscetes granlineusji May 2| 
I. 
farrow ( Melospiza poiustris). Ma 
hriish ( Hylocichla ufalascoc pallasi ] 
f erulatmigratoria) ./ May 18, 27, 29. 
( Tyrwnnus carqfinensis ) . June 1^ 
Vireo (1 Kireom/lva olivacea ). Jun 
led Vireo 
Tarbler ( Da 
' solitarius). June 8 
\ozca (estiva). June a 
iwk ( ChJrdeile^popetue) . June (j 
How (BeXrochelidonJunifrons) . Jupj 
p 7 - / 
(lied * wallow (Tachffcineta bicolor ), 
29, Jkesh. 
iped Chickadee ( Parus\tricapillus ) 
*1 incubated, 
pckle ( Scolecophagus fer%pgineus) 
Well incubated. 
Galcoscoptes carolinensis). July 21 
( Ampelis cedrodrum). June ’- 20 
The Corn Crake in Connecticut. 
BY HON. JOHN N. CLARK, SAYBROOK, CONN. 
In looking over a Check List made from the 
A. O. XL Code I And the names of fifty-one 
species or varieties of birds enclosed in brack- 
ets, and upon investigation discovered by Rule 
3 “ that stragglers or accidental visitors not re- 
garded as components of the North American 
fauna were to be distinguished by having their 
respective numbers in brackets,” so that these 
fifty-one species are regarded as stragglers or 
accidental visitors, and every capture of one of 
them by an ornithologist is regarded as an in- 
teresting event to be triumphantly recorded for 
publication. 
But how few such triumphs are there in the 
fecords! Probably but a small portion of such 
captures fall to the lot of the ornithological 
student. Seventy-five in a hundred of the 
sportsmen would dress the rare bird for the 
