Vol- XIXl Geticral Azotes. 8q 



1902 J -^ 



grass of the preceding year; this year's growth having just well com- 

 menced." 



The eggs seem to ditfer in appearance from any of the same genus that 

 I have seen, and may be thus described: Creamy wiiite, finely speckled 

 all over the surface with i-eddish brown, and also marked with larger spots 

 of the same color, more heavily at the larger ends. There are also a 

 number of spots of light lilac, which are not conspicuous. They meas- 

 ure .57 X -48; .65 X .46; .59 X .47 ; -61 X .46. 



The nest is small and loosely constructed, being quite flat. It is com- 

 posed outwardly of a few leaves, a little moss and a good deal of fine 

 grass, lined only with the latter material. 



The nest was situated on the ground in and arched over with dry grass, 

 and no bush or twigs were near. The eggs contained small embryos. — 

 ]. Pauker Norris, Jr.. Philadelphia, Pa. 



Connecticut Warbler and Philadelphia Vireo at Shelter Island, N. Y. 

 — On Sept. 12, 1901, I took a specimen of the Connecticut Warbler {Geoth- 

 lypis agilis) and on the i8th another, and on the same day a specimen of 

 the Philadelphia Vireo {Vireo Philadelphia); the first one taken here in 

 over twenty years' collecting, and a new record, I believe for eastern Long 

 Island. This bird was feeding in a young growth of wild cherry trees in 

 an old overgrown field in company with some Red-eyed and White-eyed 

 Vireos — a sort of family gathering. — W. W. Worthington, Shelter 

 Island Heights, N. Y. 



Toxostoma z<s. Harporhynchus. — Toxostoma was first used by Rafin- 

 esque (Amer. Monthly Mag., IV, p. 107) in 1818, for a genus of shells. The 

 name occurs in a mere list of shells as " TOXOSTOMA, N. G. i species," 

 and is a pure tiometi nudum. It remained in this state until Nov., 1831 

 (Enumeration and Account of Some Remarkable Natural Objects in the 

 Cabinet of Professor Rafinesque in Philadelphia, p. 2), when the species 

 was described. Shortly before this, however (Isis, May, 1831, 52S), Wag- 

 ler used the term for a genus of birds (type : Toxostoma vetula Wagler, 

 = Orpheus curvirostris Swainson), and there seems to be no valid reason 

 why Toxostoma should not replace Harporhynchus, the latter given in 

 1847 by Cabanis, on the supposition that Toxostoma was preoccupied. 

 Our Thrashers should stand as follows ; Toxostoma rufa (Linn.), Toxos- 

 toma longirostris sennctti (Ridgw.), Toxostoma curvirostris (Swains.), 

 Toxostoma curvirostris palmeri (Coues), Toxostoma betidirei (Coues), 

 Toxostoma cinerea (Xantus), Toxostoma cincrca mearnsi (Anthony), 

 Toxostoma rediviva (Gamb.), Toxostoma rediviva pasadenensis (Grin- 

 nell), Toxostoma lecontei 'L.awv., Toxostoma lecontei arenicola {Anthony), 

 and Toxostoma crissalis Henry. — Chas. W. Richmond, Washington, D. C. 



Hylemathrous vs. Troglodytes for the House Wren. — In ' The Birds of 

 Massachusetts' (p. 92) Mr. G. M. Allen and I used Hylemathrous for the 



