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that city by Professor S. F. Baird in the spring of 18S2. It 

 arrives in Albemarle County where it is abundant, the last week 

 in April. I found a nest containing four eggs at Cobham, Vir- 

 ginia, May 28, 1888; it was placed in a small Kalmia bush. 

 Mr. Scott has also recorded it as breeding in Kanawha County. 

 I have noted this species on the slopes of the mountain at the 

 Blue Ridge Springs, Botetourt County, at an elevation probably 

 of from 1,500 to 2,000 feet. 



275. Sylvania pusilla. Wii.son's Warbler. — Rare in 

 the migrations. Has been often found in the neighbourhood of 

 Washington ; Dr. Fisher has observed it along the Virginia shore 

 of the Potomac. Observed at Fairvievv, West Virginia, by Rev. 

 W. E. Hill May 17th, 1SS3 (O. and O., Vol. IX, p. 89). Mr. 

 Doan says he found it occasionally in the Ohio valley in Sep- 

 tember, 1 888. 



276. Sylvania canadensis. Canadian Warbler. — Rather 

 common migrant in the Virginias. Abundant about Washington, 

 where it is said to arrive in spring the last week in x\pril, in 

 autumn departing late in September. I have found it common in 

 Albemarle County, where I have not observed it before the early 

 part of May. Reported by Rev. W. E. Hill as usually abundant 

 at Fairview, West Virginia in the spring migration ; it arrived 

 there May 19th, 18S3, and was seen as late as May 24th. It was 

 not observed by Messrs. Scott and Brewster in Kanawha and 

 Ritchie Counties. It undoubtedly breeds in the higher Virginia 

 mountains where I have seen it in early summer. 



277. Setophaga ruticilla. Redstart. — Common migrant 

 and summer resident of the Virginias, arriving in spring the last 

 week in April, and leaving in the autumn in September. It 

 breeds in in many localities but is more numerous during the 

 migrations. 



278. Anthus pensilvanicus. Titlark. Winter resident 

 of the Virginias, more common in the migrations. Drs. Coues 

 and Prentiss report it as abundant in flocks near Washington in 

 winter. Mr. Freke has reported it from Amelia County. I once 

 observed a flock in Albemarle County in November. Rev. W. 

 E. Hill mentions having seen three or four together. May 8, 1883, 

 and reports it as a spring migrant (O. and O. Vol. IX, p. 88). 



