PROTHONOTARY WARBLER 145 



70. PROTHONOTARY WaRBLER 



Protonotaria citrea 



In the forenoon of May 20, 1900, Miss 

 Isabel P. George, while crossing the Gar- 

 den, observed a small bird in bright orange- 

 yellow plumage flitting in the air from the 

 branches of willows which stand beside the 

 pond, repeatedly sallying out over the water 

 and returning again. It was no other bird 

 than a Prothonotary Warbler. The observer 

 remained to enjoy it for fifteen minutes, 

 and its coloration and behavior were in- 

 delibly impressed upon her mind. 



In the same forenoon at another hour 

 Miss Calista S. Whitney, who was linger- 

 ing in the Garden to enjoy the migrant 

 birds, of which there was a large number 

 on that day, also saw this bird and watched 

 it for some time, noticing similar flittings 

 out over the water of the pond from the 

 willows standing on the shore. 



Dr. Manning K. Rand was a third for- 

 tunate observer of this rare w^arbler, and at 

 the time similarly described its appearance 



