. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. 440 BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS 1924 and 1926, pair bred; nest found in 1924 by Clarence New Hampshire: Accidental visitor. Rollinsford, about 1880, advilt male taken by George H. Yeaton.^ Spofford, no date, male seen at Spof- ford Lake.^ Vermont: Very rare summer resident or visitor, in southern parts mostly. Brattleboro, prior to 1907, young found once by Mrs. Elizabeth B. Davenport.* Hartland, June 4, 1907, pair seen by Mrs. J. G. Underwood.'^ Hartland, May 14, 1908, pair seen by Mrs. E. D. Morgan.^ Middlebury, June 1,
. Birds of Massachusetts and other New England states. Birds; Birds. 440 BIRDS OF MASSACHUSETTS 1924 and 1926, pair bred; nest found in 1924 by Clarence New Hampshire: Accidental visitor. Rollinsford, about 1880, advilt male taken by George H. Yeaton.^ Spofford, no date, male seen at Spof- ford Lake.^ Vermont: Very rare summer resident or visitor, in southern parts mostly. Brattleboro, prior to 1907, young found once by Mrs. Elizabeth B. Davenport.* Hartland, June 4, 1907, pair seen by Mrs. J. G. Underwood.'^ Hartland, May 14, 1908, pair seen by Mrs. E. D. Morgan.^ Middlebury, June 1, 1883, two males, one adult, one immature, taken by F. H. Knowlton, and in Middlebury College collection.'' Massachusetts: Rare local summer resident chiefly along seaboard and in river valleys. Rhode Island: Rare summer resident. Connecticut: Uncommon to common summer resident. Season in Massachusetts. — (May 1) May 7 to September 28. ORCHARD ORIOLE ^BREEDING ASUMMER. KET Haunts and Habits. The Orchard Oriole has been a rare bird wherever I have had an op- portunity to observe it in New England. In Massachusetts I have seen this active bird only about Worcester and Springfield and have watched it only briefly here and there, so I know little about its habits in the northeastern states. I can do no better than to quote a part of Audubon's life history of the bird, which is more nearly complete than any other that has come to my notice: "The migration of the Orchard Oriole from south to north is performed by day, and singly, as is that of its relative the Baltimore Oriole, the males appearing a week or ten days sooner than the females. Their flight is lower than that of the Baltimore, and considerably shorter in its continuance, the Or- chard Oriole alighting more frequently on the tops of the trees, to rest or to feed. They exhibit a greater repetition of motions of the wings, although sliding through the air for a few yards only at a time, and whilst about to alight, as
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