i88s.] General Notes. S^S 



Nesting of the Worm-eating Warbler (Helminthotherus vermivorus) 

 in Southern Connecticut. — One of our most trustworthy collectors, Mr. 

 Harry W. Flint, formerly of Deep River, but now of New Haven, Conn., 

 took a nest of this rare species at New Haven, June 7, 1S85, containing five 

 eggs. He writes that "the nest was on the ground, and composed almost 

 wholly of leaves, and lined with red rootlets ; it was not roofed over, but 

 the leaves of the Kalmia, near the roots of which it was placed, almost hid 

 it from sight. Indeed, it was so clearly hidden that when I took my eyes 

 off it to follow the bird, it required fully a minute to find the nest again, 

 although I had not moved." It was on a hill-side, in a very secluded and 

 dark spot in deep woods. 



The nesting of this species at New Haven was noticed by Mr. George 

 Woolsey in ' Bulletin N. O. C.,' Vol. V, p. 116- Jno. H. Sage, Portland, 

 Conn. 



Probable Breeding of the Wheatear (Saxi'cola cenanthe) on the North 

 Shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. — I have before me three specimens of 

 Saxi'cola cenanthe, all of which were shot at Godbout, on the north shore 

 of the St. Lawrence, near the point where the river widens into the Gulf, 

 by Mr. Napoleon A. Coraeau. Two others were seen, making five indi- 

 viduals noted within thirteen months. Following is the complete record : 

 May 18, 1S84, one shot. Sept. 19, 1S84, male shot. May 24, 18S5, one 

 seen. June 9, 1885. female shot and mate seen. 



Mr. Comeau writes me that in the female shot June 9, "the eggs were 

 pretty well developed." He adds, " I think there can be no question now 

 about the bird breeding on this coast." 



It is safe to infer that the five individuals seen were but a small portion 

 of those actually present along the coast; hence the species can no longer 

 be regarded as "an accidental straggler from Europe." Moreover, the 

 finding of two birds (presumably a pair) at Godbout so late as the 9th of 

 June, taken in connection with the statement that the female contained 

 ova which "were pretty well developed," point strongly to the conclusion 

 that they would have nested at no very great distance. And this conclu- 

 sion is strengthened by the fact that the Wheatear is known to breed in 

 June at Disco, Greenland,* fifteen hundred miles north of Godbout. — 

 C. Hart Merriam, Locust Grove, N. T. 



Nest and Eggs of the Philadelphia Vireo. The nest and eggs of the 

 Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo pkiladelpkicus) have hitherto been unknown, 

 so far as I can find. But on the 9th of June, 1S84, while camped near 



* Fabricius says of it : " Nidificai mense Junio inter lapides majores, gramine arido 

 cum muscis et plumis raris intermixtis," etc. (Fauna Grcenlandica, 1780, p. 123) ; and 

 nearly a century later ( July 19, 1875), Sir George S. Nares found "several parties of 



young Wheatears flying about the rocks near the shore" at Prouen, nearly two 



hundred miles north of Disco (Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea, Vol. I, 1878, 

 p. 29). 



