I OJ. General Notes. [Janua*y 



the spring". I remained quite still, and the bird, which came verv close 

 to me, finally betrayed the position of its nest by flying towards it. This 

 was situated about fifteen feet from the road ; placed as usual on the 

 ground, which was covered with dead leaves. It was embedded in a 

 slight depression, and was partially concealed by a diminutive plant 

 which grew alongside. It was neatly but not elaborately constructed of 

 dry leaves and catkins, and was lined inside with the small, flexible, red- 

 dish brown stalks of a small plant, its- dimensions being approximately as 

 follows: external width, 3.^ inches; internal width, 25 inches; external 

 depth, i\ inches; internal depth i§ inches. It contained four freshly laid 

 eggs, the appearance of which corresponded to the descriptions of other 

 observers, their color being white, dotted with spots of various shades of 

 light reddish-brown, running together at the larger end, and intermingled 

 with a few spots of lilac. They measured respectively .66 X .54, .68 X .54, 

 .67 X .54, and .67 X .54 inches. As far as I have ascertained, the nest of 

 this species has not before been definitely reported from any point south 

 of the neighbourhood of Washington. — William C. Rives, Jr., M. D. 

 Newport, R. I. 



Oporonis agilis and Dendrceca palmarum palmarum at Shelburne, near 

 Gorham, New Hampshire. — On September 14, 1SS4, while collecting near 

 the 'Dryad Camp' on the side of Mt. Baldcap (altitude approximately Soo 

 feet), I secured a female Connecticut Warbler. When seen it was hopping 

 about in a tangle of hobble bushes and low alders, which covered a small 

 piece of swampy ground in high open woods. No others were seen 

 although I looked carefully for them, and went to the same place several 

 times hoping to find more. This adds the Connecticut Warbler to the 

 birds of New Hampshire. 



I shot a typical specimen of the western variety of the Redpoll Warbler 

 {Dendrceca pa Im urn m palmarum), on September 16, 1S84. It was in a 

 large mixed flock of Warblers, Chickadees, etc., which were feeding in a 

 row of low birches by the roadside. The eastern form (var. hypochrysea) 

 was not seen, although I collected steadily until September 24. This is, I 

 believe, the first specimen of D. palmarum which has been taken in New 

 Hampshire; the other five New England specimens being all from 

 Massachusetts. — Arthur P. Chadbourne, Cambridge, Mass. 



Swainson's Warbler off Southern Florida. — One of the most interesting 

 facts brought to light by the Committee on Bird Migration is the discovery 

 of Swainson's Warbler {Hcloncea swainsoni) oft" Southern Florida, and 

 the establishment of a fixed point in the line of its autumnal migration. 

 On the night of the 14th of September, 1884, ten of these rare Warblers 

 struck the lighthouse at Sombrero Key, one of the Florida Reefs. On 

 the 15th about the same number struck, and on the 21st several more. 



For the possession of this valuable information the Committee is in- 

 debted to the kindness of Mr. M. E. Spencer, keeper of the light, who for- 

 warded specimens for identification C. Hart Merriam. Locust Grove, 



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