. New England bird life: being a manual of New England ornithology; . e of theegg to that of 7?. cristatus of Europe is stated to beso close that the two are indistinguishable. This is,I think, the second account ever given of the eggsof the Golden-crest, the first having appeared in theJourn. fiir Ornith. for 1856, p. 23, with a figure (pi. I,No. 8). Mr. Minots description of the nest was thefirst to appear. —C.] POLIOPTILA ccerulea: gnatcatcher. 77 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER. POLIOPTILA CCERULEA (Z.) Scl. Chars. Clear ashy-blue, brightest on crown, hoary on rump ; fore-head and line over eye blac
. New England bird life: being a manual of New England ornithology; . e of theegg to that of 7?. cristatus of Europe is stated to beso close that the two are indistinguishable. This is,I think, the second account ever given of the eggsof the Golden-crest, the first having appeared in theJourn. fiir Ornith. for 1856, p. 23, with a figure (pi. I,No. 8). Mr. Minots description of the nest was thefirst to appear. —C.] POLIOPTILA ccerulea: gnatcatcher. 77 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER. POLIOPTILA CCERULEA (Z.) Scl. Chars. Clear ashy-blue, brightest on crown, hoary on rump ; fore-head and line over eye black ; below, milk-white, slightly shadedon sides ; wings blackish, the inner quills edged with hoary ; tailblack, outer feather mostly or wholly white, next about halfwhite, next tipped with white. Bill and feet black. Female sim-ilar, but duller and more grayish-blue, lacking black on , ; extent, ; wing, ; tail aboutthe same. A rare visitor to southern New England, in the Caro-linian Fauna; of only casual occurrence Fig. 16. — Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. (Natural size.) [I wish to take this species in illustration of someremarks I have to offer concerning the preparation ofcertain lists of New England birds, — one by myself, 78 SYLVIID^ : SYLVIANS. in 1868, and another by the late lamented Dr. T. , in 1875, with its two supplements of 1878and 1879 respectively. Shortly after my list appeared,Dr. Brewer wrote to me, criticising my performance ingeneral and in particular, both as to my method ofcompiHng a local list, and as to the appearance in thelist of various species, to the number of about thirty,which he protested had no proper claim to a placethere. I replied, in substance, that I knew what Iwas about, and that I would suggest to him to makea better list of New England birds, if he thought hecould do so. When his list appeared, some yearsafterward, he expurgated about thirty species, nearlyall of them being among th
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