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different Sparrows. 1 have taken males in January with the crown bright 

 orange. Mj first specimen, secured November 27, was a joung bird of 

 the 3'ear, and not knowing what it was, I accordingly sent it to Mr. 

 William Brewster for identification. He identified it as the Orange- 

 crowned Warbler, young. I had therefore no more trouble in identifying 

 others in the same stage. I secured in all about fifteen specimens dur- 

 ing the winter .of 1884. I may here add that Dendroica dominica is resi- 

 dent in South Carolina, as I have taken specimens in every month in the 

 year. — Arthur T. Wayne. Charleston, S. C. 



Dendroica dominica albilora obtained in Chester County. South Caro- 

 lina. — May 7, 18S5, I shot an example of the Yellow-throated Warbler 

 which appeared at a glance quite different from the ordinary' specimens 

 taken in this locality. After reading up the descriptions in the books 

 and making careful comparison with a couple of skins secured by Dr. 

 J. M. Wheaton at Columbus, Oliio, I became satisfied that I had found 

 the western subspecies. This has been confirmed by Mr. J. A. Allen, 

 who says, as the result of a recent examination, "The specimen of Den- 

 droica is, so far as I can see. D. dominica albilora. it presenting all the 

 characters of that form." 



The occurrence of so nian^v instances in South Carolina is suggestive 

 of lines of migration of- 'western' birds hitherto unnoted; a regurgitating 

 one from the north, in fall, via the Mississippi Valley and tl^e region 

 lying to the southward of the Southern Alleghanies, bending upward 

 into South Carolina; and a diverging one from the south, in spring, 

 along the Gulf Seaboard. The isolated autumnal record of the Lark 

 Finch in Florida seems to afford additional and corroborative evidence. 

 While the original planting of the parent stock of the Burrowing Owl. 

 now existing in the western part of that State, is perhaps equallv indica- 

 tory — Leverett M. LooMis. Chester. S. C. 



Additions to the Avi-fauna of Texas. — .Mr. George H. Ragsdale writes 

 me that he has taken in Cook Co., Texas, Tiirdiis ustulatus andiiboni. 

 Geothlypis trichas occidentalism Sciurus ncEvius notabilis, Geotklypis mac- 

 gillivrayi. Chondestes gratnmactis strigatus, Spizella monticola ochracea, 

 Spizella socialis arizoncE. and Porzana Jamaicensis. Mr. N. C. Brown has 

 previously recorded Tardus andiiboni* and Spizella arizona;^ from 

 Kendall, Co. ; the others appear to be new to the State. — William Brew- 

 ster. Cambridge. Mass. 



Birds New to the District of Columbia. — In addition to the Prairie 

 Chicken {Cttpidonia cupido). the capture of which was cited by Mr. 

 Robert Ridgway in -Forest and Stream,' of April 9. and the White-throated 

 Warbler {Helniinfhophila leticobronckialis). noted by Mr. William Palmer 



* Bull. N. O. C. Vol. VII, p. 38. 

 t Ibid., Vol. VII, p. 127. 



