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the same locality, but failed to get a glimpse of the bird again. This, I 

 believe, is the first record of the occurrence of the species in this State, 

 outside of Long Island. — W. S. Johnson, Boojiville., Oneida County, 



N. V. 



A Chewink in Winter at Ashland, Mass. — On December 29, 1903, at 

 Ashland, Middlesex, Co., Massachusetts, I had the good fortune to run 

 across a male Chewink {Pt/>ilo erytkrophtJialmu!.). He was trying to find 

 food in the snow-covered road, and was so tame that I approached within 

 a few teet before he flew off to some nearby shrubbery. I watched him 

 closely for some time to see whether he was injured, and so unable to 

 migrate, — but he seemed, on the contrary, very active. He uttered the 

 usual call-note once or twice. — Roger N. Baldwin, Cambridge, Mass. 



Another Nest of the Philadelphia Vireo. — I was very much interested 

 in William Brewster's paper relative to Vireo philadelphicus, owing to the 

 fact of having personally found an occupied nest of the species. With a 

 view to helping along the good cause by one more step toward establish- 

 ing the average nesting site I take the liberty of submitting my experi- 

 ence. The exact date is not known, but it was during a sojourn in Lee- 

 lanau County, Michigan, extending from the r^th to the 21st of August, 

 1890 At that particular point the rocks arose from the water edge of 

 Traverse Bay, on an angle of 45 degrees, until a height of 30 feet was 

 attained; then came a level stretch of three to four hundred yards densely 

 covered with blackberry bushes, and terminating at the base of a perpen- 

 dicular bluff about fifteen feet high. The top of this bluff vvas covered 

 with a second growth of poplar that in turn margined a forest of large 

 white pine trees. We ran a survey line through this poplar belt and it 

 was here I discovered the nest, and quite accidentally, as I was not look- 

 ing for nests so late in the season. The nest was suspended from the 

 horizontal crotch of a poplar branch which overhung the bluff, but was 

 not more than five feet higher than the bluff top, and I could easily reach 

 into it. In shape, size and construction it resembled the establishment 

 of Vireo olivaceus but the exterior was thickly covered with curly pieces of 

 silvery white poplar bark, suggesting, at a short distance, the structure of 

 V. Jlavifroui. The male was not seen, but the female was in evidence 

 and fearless, often approaching to within four or five feet of me. The 

 species was recognized at first glance, indeed, it cannot be mistaken by 

 anyone who has handled the skins. The nest contained two young, but 

 as I reached for them they fluttered out and flew about fifty 3'ards before 

 striking the level of the berry bushes below. This find cannot, of course, 

 be considered strictly authentic, as the birds were not secured, but person- 

 ally I am as positive of the identity as of that of the Passer domesticus 

 that perched upon the window sill a few moments ago. — J. Claire 

 Wood, Detroit, Michigan. 



