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him. I am at a loss how to explain this anomaly." How- 

 ever, he did soon explain the "anomaly," because next 

 day he discovered his mistake and inserted the proper 

 name. 



Another specimen was taken May 21, 1887, the stom- 

 ach of which "contained insects." 



The following extended^ accounts of the nesting of this 

 species appear in the Doctor's notes for 1888 : 



"8th May. Found nest of P. ae bachmani; nest domed ; 

 on hill side grown up in old field pines; rear of nest 

 supported by a tuft of coarse grass ; the entrance looking 

 upwards at an angle of several degrees ; well put together 

 and compact; visited nest several times before I found 

 the parent at home. Although I attempted to catch her 

 on the nest, by going behind and placing my hand over 

 the opening, she fluttered rather than flew out of the 

 nest, running on the ground, and not rising till I had 

 followed her some distance. 



"9th. Found nest of P. ae bachmani in a patch of old 

 field pines and plum bushes (Prunus chicasa) . This 

 contained three young and one egg which did not hatch. 

 The old birds were perched on a pine some fifteen steps 

 from me and manifested their alarm at my presence by 

 their nervous movements. A short search revealed this 

 nest with the young birds. This resembled the nest found 

 on the 8th, except that the entrance was somewhat more 

 inclined upv/ards and not as much concealed by the 2 

 tufts of grass beside which it was placed. 



"May 23rd. Found nest of P. ae. bachmani on the 

 slope of a hill covered with old field pines, in an open 

 place, under a fallen pine branch, with some coarse grass 

 growing near it. The parent fluttered from under my 

 feet which had disturbed the nest by striking the pine 

 limb ; my left foot touched the right border of the nest 

 and shook the limb before the bird moved. She threw 

 herf-'elf on the ground about a foot from me, and then, 

 literally trembling, every feather quivering on her body, 

 her tail spread and wings drooping, after she had gone 

 about ten feet from me she remained in view beside a 

 pine till I at last discovered the nest under my very feet. 



