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Piranga rubra— Another Long Island, N. Y.. Record. — It will be of 

 interest in connection with the record of this species made bv Dr. Braislin 

 {antea, p. 147), to note another. 



Mv correspondent, Mr. Selah B. Strong of Setauket, L. I., wrote to me 

 April II, 1901, as follows: "This morning I saw a, to me, new bird. It 

 was about three quarters the size of a robin. Head, and nearly his entire 

 bodj, between cardinal and scarlet with a shade of grayish brown on 

 wings." I at once sent Mr. Strong a specimen of the Summer Tanager 

 for comparison and he wrote that there was no doubt of the identity of the 

 bird. 



On April 22 Mr. Strong wrote as follows : "The Tanager is becoming 

 very tame and I see him constantly; during yesterday's storm he was 

 swinging on the vines on the front of the house, and when I. went out of 

 the door he flew from under the steps ; again he was on the ground in 

 front of my study window and did not mind our watching him. At pres- 

 ent he is flitting among the trees in the orchard." 



A subsequent letter from Mr. Strong stated that although the bird 

 remained over ten days on his premises it finally disappeared. — William 

 DuTCHER, New 7'ork City. 



Blue-winged Warbler {Helminthophila finiis) near Boston, Mass. — 

 In the afternoon of May 29, at Waverley, Mass., I was walking in a meadow- 

 through which a brook flowed. The banks of the brook were thickly 

 grown w'ith trees and shrubs. From the border of this growth came the 

 two-note song of this warbler, and it was repeated continuously during 

 the hour or more I spent in the vicinity. I first saw the bird working his 

 way through a tall bush, and while I watched him his preference seemed 

 to be for the smaller trees and border shrubs. He was not shy, so I had 

 excellent opportunity, sometimes from within three or four feet, to 

 observe all his distinctive markings. I think there were two birds there, 

 but I am positive of only one, an adult male. — Guy Emerson, Brookline, 

 Mass. 



Capture of Kirtland's Warbler at Ann Arbor, Michigan. — I have the 

 pleasure of recording the capture of a fine female Kirtland's Warbler 

 {De7idroica kirtlattdi) taken by myself on the morning of the 14th of 

 May of this year, almost within the city limits of Ann Arbor. I had the 

 pleasure of watching the motions of this rare bird, as it was low down on 

 the branches of an elm at the side of the road. This bird was very slow, yet 

 graceful in its movements, as it searched the buds and leaves for its food. 

 I went so close to it that I could see the markings plainly and knew it 

 was a Kirtland's, for it is almost exactly the counterpart of the one we 

 have here in the Museum. While I observed it I did not hear a note and 

 its slow, deliberate movements reminded me of Dettdroica pahnarum. I 

 should have watched it longer only it was likely to be frightened away by 

 passers-by, so I shot it and have it now finely mounted. — Norman A. 

 Wood, Ann Arbor, Mich. 



