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General Notes. [ July 



Duck Mountain, I found a nest of this species. It was hung from a forked 

 twig about eight feet from the ground, in a willow which was the reverse 

 of dense, as it grew in the shade of a poplar grove. The nest was 

 pensile, as usual with the genus, formed of fine grass and birch bark. The 

 eggs were four in number, and presented no obvious difference from those 

 of the Red-eyed Vireo, but unfortunately they were destroyed by an acci- 

 dent before they were measured. 



Before shooting her I watched the bird for a week. She exhibited a 

 combination of shyness and fearlessness; but this is rather characteristic 

 of the Vireos. She would continue on the nest while I watched her from 

 just below, and when scared off would quietly hop on to a twig and then 

 disappear in the foliage without uttering any complaint. Lying on the 

 ground just below the nest I found another nest of precisely similar con- 

 struction. This I hung on a low twig, intending to take it to camp on my 

 return ; but coming back it was again found on the ground ; and though I 

 hung it several times in the willow, taking care to fasten is as securely 

 as the occupied nest, it was always pulled down. There is no doubt that 

 the Vireo was the agent, but the motive for the act I can scarcely under- 

 stand. 



The bird on being shot answered perfectly to Coues's description, except 

 that on the breast it was of a much brighter yellow than I was led to 

 expect. — Ernest E. T. Seton, Toronto, Canada. 



A White-winged Junco in Maryland. — On February i of this year, I 

 shot near Ilchester, Howard Co., Md., a male Junco hyemalis with very 

 distinct white wing-bars; quite as well-marked as in typical J. aikeni. 

 Although Juncos with traces of white on the wing-coverts are not very 

 uncommon, this particular specimen is believed to be unique as regards 

 the large amount of white. Several 'experts' who have examined it concur 

 in pronouncing it singular in this respect. Otherwise it agrees with ordi- 

 nary hyemalis. It is now in the U. S. National Museum (No. 102,219), 

 where all 'good things' in the bird line should be. — C. W. Beckham, 

 Washington, D. C. 



Junco annectens — A Correction — Owing to an unfortunate delay in the 

 transmission of proof sheets, mention of the occurrence of Junco annec- 

 tens was omitted from my article, "Winter Notes from New Mexico," in 

 the present number of 'The Auk.' I took three individuals on December 6 

 and 22. They were all in company with J. caniccfis and J. oregonus, 

 and doubtless others passed unnoticed among the many flocks of Juncos 

 constantly met with. — Charles F. Batchelder, Cambridge, Mass. 



Capture of Ammodramus caudacutus nelsoni in the Lower Hudson 

 Valley, New York. — For a short time in the autumn, included in the time 

 between the 25th of September and the 10th of October, Sharp-tailed 

 Finches are comparatively common over certain portions of the low 



