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and rushes in Private Claim 50, Ecorse Twp. This was in May, 

 1899, and the bird was seen on several subsequent visits. On July 

 30th, of the same year, I discovered a colony of about 15 pairs on 

 P. C. 405, Village of Delray, and about a mile from the other lo- 

 cality. They had taken possession of some ten acres of neglected 

 land, covered mostly with thick weeds, but there was a mud flat in 

 one portion fringed with rushes. This field is surrounded by fac- 

 tory buildings, railroad tracks and the River Rouge. I secured a 

 male, but, despite protest, my companion collected four males and 

 two females, saying the birds were rare and we might not get an- 

 other chance. I found an empty nest, probably of this species, 

 fastened to the weeds about a foot above the ground. While ex- 

 amining it I noticed a motion of the weed tops a few feet away and 

 investigation discovered a young Dickcissel not yet able to fly. No 

 birds have since been seen in the two above localities. 



The next bird was perched upon a wire fence between two mead- 

 ows in Section 19.Monguagon Twp.. about the middle of May, 1904, 

 and the last seen was a male and female on July 20th, in the bushes 

 along a fence between a corn and clover field on P. C. 26, Village 

 of Fairview. J. Claire Wood. 



Some Spring Recoeds from the Vicinity of New York Citv. — Cen- 

 tral Park, March 5. — 150 Snowflakes remained about a week. 



March 7. — 3 American Crossbills. 



March 26. — 1 Mourning Dove. 



May 8. — 13 Bay-breasted Warblers. 



May 10. — 1 fem?le Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. 



Leonia, N. J.. March 25. — 1 Baldpate. 



May 6.-2 Tufted Titmice. 



Vicinity of Englewood, N. J.. May 13. — 1 Brewster's Warbler 

 (Helminthophila leucohronchialis) observed in an elm tree by the 

 road eating the fruit. Carleton Schaller. 



New York City. 



BOOK REVIEWS. 



Gleanings No. IV. Seme Nrtes en the Summer Birds cf Mo- 

 nongahela Co., W. Vs. By J. Warren Jacobs. 



We are always pleased to receive these Gleanings from time to 

 time, not alone because they possess intrinsic worth, but because 

 they illustrate in an unmistakable way one persons lively interest 

 in what the birds about him are doing. The observations made 

 on two short trips introduce us to some of the features of a re- 

 gion all too little known. We trust that Mr. Jacobs may yet find 

 time to thoroughly work this territory. L. J. 



