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species, but the bird I obtained had the song of V. oUvacea with lit- 

 tle variation, no more than I have observed among various indi- 

 viduals of the latter species. 

 Protonotaria citrea (Boddaert). — Prothonotary Warbler. 



There is one record for the Prothonotary Warbler at Lincoln. I 

 am now able to supplement this with another on the basis of a 

 fine male which I collected on May 14, from a willow overhanging 

 Salt Creek south of Lincoln. The species is apparently much rarer 

 now in eastern Nebraska than in past years, a fact which makes 

 this westerly record of particular interest. 

 Dendroica castanca (Wilson). — Bay-breasted Warbler. 



The Bay-breasted Warbler has never been common in Nebraska. 

 Several years ago I took a single specimen at Lincoln, and on May 

 17 of the present year I secured another, both males. This year's 

 capture was found in a low tree at the edge of an open field, in the 

 company of a flock of Clay-colored Sparrows (Spizella pallida), 

 where it was, to say the least, conspicuous. 

 Dendroica pahnariim (Gmelin). — Palm Warbler. 



Palm Warblers seem to have visited eastern Nebraska in greater 

 numbers, during the last few years, than formerly, and have been 

 noted by various observers. I have records of two occurrences at 

 Lincoln this spring, the first a single male which I saw and secured 

 on May 8 along Steven's Creek, and the second a bird which I saw, 

 but did not take, along Oak Creek. 

 Polioptila caeriilea (Linnaeus). — Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. 



Although rather common along the Missouri River in eastern 

 Nebraska, the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher is rather rare in the vicinity 

 of Lincoln, according to my observations. My first record for that 

 locality is a male, which I secured on May 14. 

 Hylocichla fuscescens salicicola (Ridgway). — Willow Thrush. 



I noted Willow Thrushes a number of times at Lincoln in May 

 of this year and secured a male specimen on the 14th of that month. 

 The species was commoner than usual this year, I believe. 



John T. Zimmeb. 



Port Moresby, New Guinea, Sept. 25, 1917. 



