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distant from where the first one was found, and composed of the same 

 materials. Both birds were very attentive, and while I was very careful 

 not to touch the nest when looking into it, a week later on visiting the spot, 

 I found the nest deserted. The eggs in the first case were quite fresh. 

 Althovigh this place and similar localities have been worked almost yearly, 

 for the last fifteen or eighteen years, this is the first instance of the birds'' 

 breeding in this section of the State that has come to my knowledge. 



On May 23, 1908, my father, H. B. Bailey, found on my place in Warwick 

 Co., Virginia, a set of two eggs of Chuck-will's-widow. As this was not far 

 from the house, he secured a gun and shot the female, which was in fair 

 plumage, notwithstanding the eggs were heavily incubated. The eggs 

 were deposited on the bare ground in woods that had been previously 

 burnt over. This is the first time we have ever secured positive proof 

 of this bird breeding in this locality, and I believe this case, as that of 

 the Swainson's Warbler, are first records for these birds breeding north of 

 James River. — H. H. Bailey, Newport News, Va. 



Bachman's Warbler in Camden Co. and Breeding in Chatham Co., 

 Georgia. — As anything in reference to Bachman's Warbler {Helmin- 

 thophila bachmani) is of interest, I will say that I have at last found it 

 here (as a migrant) and taken three specimens. About noon on August 

 14, 1908, I took an immature male and an immature female feeding 

 about 15 to 20 feet up in a thicket of young oaks. They were in company 

 with Carolina Chickadees, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers and Parula Warblers.. 

 The next day I took a mature female about the same place, and in the 

 same company with the addition of Yellow-throated and Prairie Warblers 

 and Painted Buntings. 



On June 21, 1908, Mr. Gilbert R. Rossignol, Jr., of Savannah, found a 

 nest containing one egg in Chatham County. On the 24th he returned 

 and found that the nest contained three eggs, but he did not see the bird. 

 Prof. W. J. Hoxie, who was with him, however, both saw and heard the 

 bird and took it to be Bachman's Warbler. I have compared these eggs 

 with eggs of Swainson's Warbler and found them not only much smaller 

 but with a gloss never seen on the latter. The nest was placed in a cane 

 about two feet from the ground in a swamp, and was composed of sweet- 

 gum leaves, fine grass, etc., lined with dead Spanish moss. Both nest and 

 eggs are now in Mr. Rossignol's collection. — Isa.'VC F. Arnow, St. Marys, 

 Ga. 



Cape May Warbler in Camden County, Ga. — The Cape May Warbler 

 {Dendroica tigrina) is found here bo-th as a spring and fall migrant but is 

 always rare. The spring migrants pass through about the middle of 

 April (specimens taken this spring, 1 cJ*, April 17, 1 9 , April 18), while the 

 only fall records I have were unusually late in comparison with records 

 from other points in Georgia and Florida. These were two birds taken 

 en Oct. 31, 1905 — one mature and one immature female. — Isaac F_ 

 Arnow, *S^. Marys, Ga. 



