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Getter al Notes. 4" 7 



Occurrence of Chondestes grammacus about Washington, D. C. — Up 

 to date our knowledge of the occurrence of the Lark Flinch in the neigh- 

 borhood of Washington is limited to the capture of a single specimen by 

 Mr. Roberts, August 27, 1877, and the observation of two individuals in 

 the Smithsonian grounds, during the summer of the same j'ear. To the 

 above is to be added the capture of a second specimen, an adult male, 

 August 8, 1886, bj the writer. There is nothing in the nature of the cap- 

 ture to indicate that the bird was not an 'accidental.' — H. W. Henshaw, 

 WashiHgton, D. C. 



Lincoln's Sparrow and the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher in Connecticut. — I 

 have recently examined a female Melospiza liucolui taken at East Hart- 

 ford, Conn., Sept. 21, 18S5, by Mr. Willard E. Treat. It was accidentally 

 killed when shooting Geothlypis trickas. He writes that on April 24, 

 1886, he winged another of these Sparrows but did not capture it. It was 

 in thick brush and extremely shy. 



May 7, 1886, Mr. Treat killed a female Polioptila carulea at East Hart- 

 ford. It was on the top of a high willow. This is, I believe, the third re- 

 corded capture of this Gnatcatcher for Connecticut. — ^Jno. H. Sage, Port- 

 land., Conn. 



The Evening Grosbeak in Wisconsin. — I am glad to record the cap- 

 ture of a male specimen of the Evening Grosbeak {Hesperopkoiia vcs- 

 pertina) at DePere, Wis., Nov. 28, 1885. This is the first authentic occur- 

 rence of the species in Bi-own County. — Samuel Wells Willard, 

 DePere, Wis. 



First Plumage of the Summer Tanager {^Piranga rubra). — Under- 

 parts whitish-buft", heavily streaked on breast with dusky; throat and abdo- 

 men with lighter and more linear streaks of the same. Under tail-coverts 

 reddish-buff with dark streaks. Head and upper parts dark brownish buff 

 thickly spotted and streaked with dusky. Wings showing traces of dull 

 red and green on primaries and secondaries. The first and second wing- 

 coverts tipped and edged with buff", forming two distinct wing-bar^,. 



The bird (N,o. 2084, $ ^ Coll. C. W. Beckham), from which the above de- 

 scription is taken, was shot at Bardstown, Kentucky, on June 21, and was 

 attended by both parents. 



The call-note of the youn^- Tanager is very different from any note of 

 the adult birds. It is vcrv full and sonorous and faintly suggestive of the 

 Bluebird's ordinarv whittle. — Charlks Wicklikf BiiCKiiAM. Burdito'Mii, 

 Ky. 



Two additional Massachusetts Specimens of the Prothonotary Warbler 



(^Protonofaria citrea). — At the time of recording* the Prothonotary War- 



* Auk, Vol. in, July, 1S86, p. 410. 



