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to tear away and once free and flying it would have to be a 

 quick flycatcher to capture it again. 



It seems as if the Cape May Warbler has inci^eased consid- 

 erably in numbers the last few years. It was once regarded 

 as the rarest of our Warl)lers, but now its observation arouses 

 but mild enthusiasm. Especially is this true in the fall. Sep- 

 tember 5 I saw what I took to be a juvenile male, and the 20th 

 following I took an adult male in almost the same locality. 



The first fall Lincoln Sparrow was observed and taken Sep- 

 tember 13. This is our earliest fall date for the species, most 

 of our arrival dates falling after the first of October. It is so 

 secretive a bird, however, and so resembles the Song Sparrow 

 in the hasty glimpses that we usually get that it is one of the 

 easiest birds we have to overlook. 



The same day, September 13, Mr. x'Mbert Jones, of this city, 

 took a Golden Plover and a Baird's Sandpiper on the little 

 miud hole before spoken of under Wilson's Phalarope. For 

 the present known status of the former, see Auk, 1907, 141. 



Baird's Sandpiper I have long looked for, as some were taken 

 some years ago near the city. May 4, 1907, I saw a small 

 group of sandpipers in this same locality that I was confident 

 belonged to this species, but being unable to take any could 

 not coroborate my identification. They may vary in numbers 

 during migrations here, but they certainly are not a common 

 species with us. 



September 27, took a very early Fox Sparrov/. Our usual 

 dates for the arrival of this species fall in early October. 



The same day took a juvenile Philadelphia Vireo. Though 

 this species has been reported as a common fall migrant, this 

 is the first bird I have seen in this locality, in spite of careful 

 search for the past five years. 



October 21 and 31, single Old-squaw Ducks were brought 

 in to be mounted at the taxidermist's. These are early rec- 

 ords also. We usually do not see them until about Novem- 

 ber 7. This is far from being a common species on the river. 



Through October and November various reports have come 

 in of the prevalence of various winter birds, such as Pine Sis- 

 kins, American and White-winged Crossbills, Redpolls, and 



