yer aa OBERHOLSER, Notes on N. A. Birds. III. 465 
39. Cistothorus stellaris. Snort-sinkep Marsh Wren.— One 
taken at South Windsor May 6. Others were noted at South Windsor 
on July 15-16 and August 1. C. W. Vibert informed me that this little 
colony had been there for several years. 
40. Sitta canadensis. Rep-spreastep NutTuatcu.— Late record: 
one female taken at Norwalk, on May 15. 
41. Vermivora lawrencei. LAawreNncre’S WarRBLER.— On May 20 
I went on a trip to Wilton with the Norwalk Bird Club. Mr. Smith and 
Mr. Hall found a Lawrence’s Warbler and called the rest of us to see it. 
The bird was very tame and remained in some low bushes for some time 
while the entire party gathered about to watch it. 
42. Vermivora leucobronchialis. Brewstrer’s WarBLER.— One 
seen in Norwalk in some bushes by the roadside on May 26. 
NOTES ON NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 
III. 
BY HARRY C. OBERHOLSER. 
Tuis article is a continuation of the author’s remarks on various 
North American birds.!. In the following pages there are notes 
on two genera, one species, and two subspecies. For the loan 
of certain specimens used, the writer is indebted to Dr. L. C. 
Sanford. 
Bannermania Mathews and Iredale. 
The genus Bannermania has recently been proposed ? as a mono- 
typic group for the reception of Oceanodroma hornbyi (Gray).° 
Examination of recently collected material of this species has offered 
1 For the preceding papers of this series, see ‘The Auk,’ XXXIV, April, 1917, pp. 191- 
196; and XXXIV, July, 1917, pp. 321-329. 
2 Mathews and Iredale, Ibis, ser. 10, III, No. 3, July, 1915, p. 578. 
3 Thalassidroma Hornbyi Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1853 (July 25, 1854), p. 62 (north- 
west coast of America). 
