Nebraska Birds for 1919 79 



29. Dendroica castanea (Wilson) — Bay-breasted Warbler. 

 Records of this warbler in the state are so rare that observa- 

 tions of it are always worth mentioning. On the morning of May 

 13 Mr. Dawson observed a Bay-breasted Warbler in Wyuka ceme- 

 tery at Lincoln. The notes on this and the three following spe- 

 cies were made during an exceptional wave of warbler migration 

 through this locality. 



30. Dendroica fusca (Muller) — Blackburnian Warbler. 



The Blackburnian Warbler is another bird rarely 'found in 

 the state and which we were fortunate enough to see at Wyuka 

 cemetery on the afternoon of May 12. This is the first published 

 record of this species for Lincoln. 



31. Dendroica vircns (Gmelin) — Black-throated Green Warbler. 

 While this warbler is not so rare as the two mentioned above, 



records of it at Lincoln are always interesting. We observed a 

 Black-throated Green Warbler on the University Farm campus at 

 Lincoln on the afternoon of May 12. Mr. Mickel also saw this 

 species north of Cedar Bluffs in the 'woods along the Platte river 

 on May 11. 



32. Wilsonia canadensis (Linnaeus) — Canada Warbler. 



This warbler has been recorded but few times ■ of late years. 

 On May 18 Mr. Mickel secured a male Canada Warbler in the woods 

 along the Platte river north of Cedar Bluffs. A second individual 

 was seen by him on this same occasion. 



33. Anthus spraguei (Audubon) — Sprague Pipit. 



So few specimens of this species have been taken in the state 

 that the securing of an additional specimen is of interest. On Oc- 

 tober 19 we observed a small flock of Sprague Pipits in a pasture 

 a short distance north of Lincoln. One of them was taken for the 

 record. Another specimen that might be noted here is one found 

 dead, under some telegraph wires at Lincoln on April 22. 1909, by 

 Mr. Dawson. He gave the specimen to Mr. J. T. Zimmer and it is 

 now in his collection. 



34. Planestictis migratorius propinquus (Ridgw-ay) — Western Robin. 



way). 

 Judging from our observations in Monroe Canyon during Sep- 

 tember of this year the Western Robin is the prevailing form in 

 the Pine Ridge district of Sioux county. In fact, -"only a single 

 specimen referable to the eastern form was noted during the ten 

 days spent in the canyon, although robins were numerous and 

 noted every day. A specimen collected September 11 is almost an 

 exact counterpart of a specimen of the Western Robin taken in 

 California by 'Professor Bruner. This is not the first definite rec- 

 ord for the state, since specimens of this form were taken by Mr. 

 J. T. Zimmer at Crawford in July, 1910. 



