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man's Warbler which has ever been taken in this State since Dr. Bachman 

 took the type specimen near Charleston in July, 1833. After I had killed 

 the bird I hunted for the female and nest for several hours, but was 

 unsuccessful. In the afternoon I again visited the place and with the 

 help of a friend, Lieut. J. D. Cozby, we searched for the female and nest, 

 but could find neither. No doubt whatever exists in my mind that this 

 bird was breeding and that his mate was incubating or else building a 

 nest, as the sexual organs of the male proved that procreation was going 

 on. This bird was certainly not a migrant as the migration of wood-land 

 birds had passed. The latest migrant, the Gray-cheeked Thrush, was 

 last noted May 13, when a single bird was seen. I am positive that I 

 have heard this song nearlv every summer in the same localities where 

 the male was found, but I always keep out of such places after April 10 on 

 account of the myriads of ticks and red bugs which infest them. 

 Then, too, such places are simply impenetrable on account of the dense 

 blackberry vines, matted with grape vines, fallen logs piled one upon 

 another, and a dense growth of low bushes. In these jungles the rattle- 

 snake is at home and the stoutest heart would quail. — Arthur ^. 

 Wayne, Mount Pleasant, S. C. 



Sprague's Pipit {Atithus spragueii) again on the Coast of South Carolina. 

 — It is with much pleasure that I am again able to record the capture of 

 this interesting bird. The first specimen was recorded in ' The Auk,' 

 Vol. XI, 1894, p. So. I shot the specimen I now record on November 17, 

 1900. 



When first seen the bird was mistaken for the Grass Finch, but upon 

 approaching it too closely it flew upward in circles until it was nearly 

 out of vision when I realized that it was a veritable Sprague's Pipit. I 

 continued to watch this mere speck in the heavens hoping that it would 

 again alight. Suddenly the bird pitched downward and alighted in a 

 grassy field. I hastened to the spot and as it flushed I shot it. The 

 specimen is an adult female, and, like the first one taken, is in fine 

 unworn plumage. 



This second specimen was captured within a quarter of a mile of the 

 spot where I shot the first specimen on November 24, 1S93. The capture 

 of this second specimen seems to warrant the belief that this bird is 

 something more than a mere wanderer or accidental visitor. — Arthur 

 T. Wayne, Mount Pleasant, S. C. 



The Wheatear Not a Bird of Maine. — In a recent article, Dr. Stejneger 

 (c/. Stejneger, Froc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XXIII, p. 473) cities the Wheat- 

 ear (Saxicola oznantke) as a bird recorded from Maine. Now as I have 

 shown {cf. Knight, List of Birds of Maine, p. 141) there are no valid 

 grounds for admitting this species to the avifauna of the State. 



Careless and ignorant writers of the past have recorded the species in 



