LUCVS WARBLER. m 



Institution for examination by Mr. Ridgvvay, there was living 

 at large in the • South Tower' an owl of the genus Speotyto, 

 species doubtful, which had been captured at sea, somewhere 

 near the West Indies, and was destined to make history in an 

 undesirable manner. This reckless bird of prey, in one of his 

 nocturnal explorations, discovered the pretty warbler, and pro- 

 ceeded to investigate the new species anatomically. He sur- 

 vived the dose of raw cotton and arsenic, but was condemned 

 to death by unanimous verdict of the exasperated ornithologists 

 who haunted the locality. His heart was cut out with mock 

 ceremony, bottled and sealed, and sent to Mr. Brewster as a 

 peace-oflering, and a serio-comic narrative of the whole trans- 

 action shortly afterward appeared in a New York newspaper 

 by a ' strictlv anonymous ' author." From the above '* serio- 

 comic " relation of the melancholy fate of the type, it may be 

 inferred that no knowledge of the nest or eggs is at hand, al- 

 though since then four other specimens of the bird have been 

 obtained. (PI. X. Fig. 63,^.) 



64. BACHMAN'S WARBLER. 

 HELMINTHOPHAGA BACHMAXI iAud.) Cabanis. 



So for as known this bird has been observed only in South 

 Carolina, Georgia and Cuba, and it is extremely rare. Its 

 nest and eggs remain unknown, but Dr. Bach man. the discov- 

 erer, was confident that it bred near Charleston. S. C. It 

 probablv follows its congeners in placing its home upon the 

 ground. (PI. XI. Fig. 64.) 



65. LUCY'S WARBLER. 

 HELMINTHOPHAGA I.UCLE. Cooper. 



This is a species recentlv discovered, and. so far as yet 

 known, it is confined to Arizona. Captain Bendirc was the 

 first to find its nest, discovering the eggs near Tucson on May 



