THE 



\A/lLSON BULLETIN 



NO. 98 

 A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY 



VOL. XXIX MARCH, 1917 NO. 1 



OLD SERIES VOL. XXIX. XEW SERIES VOL. XXIV. 



THE DL\RY OF A NEW ENGLAND ORNITHOLOGIST 

 Ax Appreciation. 



(Read before the \Ml5on Ornithological Club at Chicago, 

 December 28, 1916.) 



W. F. HEXXIXGER. 



A few years ago a letter came to my desk, asking me 

 whether I would like to consider buying a small collection of 

 birds. Upon my answer that I would have to have the exact 

 data I heard no more until this fall. Then I received the 

 answer that the data were all given and thus the collection 

 passed into my hands together with the book, that was to con- 

 tain these data. Naturally when unpacking the specimens and 

 checking them off I saw that the collection had but little finan- 

 cial value. A specimen of Pheiigopediits inaculipcctiis at- 

 tracted my attention only because it had belonged to the col- 

 lection of John Cassin and a specimen of JVilsonia citriiia be- 

 cause it originally belonged to Dr. E. A. ^ilearns. Running 

 over the Warblers in the collection I came across the name on 

 the checklist : "' Whitethroated Warbler." Knowing that the 

 Cerulean is sometimes called by that name I looked for this 

 species, but what was my surprise when the specimen found 

 proved to be a Vermh'ora leucohronchialis of a very early date, 

 July 3, 18T5. I then paid close attention to those species of 

 which there seemed to be only one specimen at hand. The 

 very next one was a Cerulean and then a Kentucky Warbler, 

 both from the New England States. To my memory came 



