156 General Notes. 



The Hooded Warbler breeding near Washington, D. C. 



Although the Hooded Warbler ( Wilsonia mitrata) has been for a very 

 few years known to be a regular but rare summer resident of the wooded 

 slopes on the Virginia side of the Potomac near this city, there has been 

 apparently no record of its nesting. On June 8, 1902, Mr. J. H. Riley 

 and the writer took a young bird, evidently just out of the nest, on the 

 laurel-covered slope of a run draining into the Potomac near Langley, 

 Fairfax County, Virginia, i. e., nearly opposite Cabin John, Maryland. 

 It was accompanied by both parents. Mr. Riley has observed the species 

 resident near Falls Church, Virginia, in May, June and July; and one or 

 two individuals have been taken in early summer near Great Falls. 

 William R. Maxon, Washington, D. C. 



