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winters here, as I took a specimen the 4th December. In life it is 

 impossible to distinguish it from a Rubycrest, and like that bird associates 

 with flocks of Chestnut-backed Tits. — Allan Brooks, Comox, Van- 

 couver Island, B. C. 



The Ipswich Sparrow, Kirtland's Warbler, and Sprague's Pipit in 

 Georgia. — Along the eastern shore of Cumberland Island, Georgia, are 

 long stretches of sand flats and dunes covered with a scattering growth of 

 beach-grass. On April 14, 1903, in one of these spots, about two miles 

 south of the inlet separating Cumberland Island from Little Cumberland 

 Island, I flushed and shot an Ipswich Sparrow {Passerculus princeps). It 

 proved to be a female, very fat, and had not quite completed its spring 

 moult. This I believe is the most southern point from which this species 

 has been reported, and the date (April 14) is rather late to find this bird 

 so far from its summer home. 



On April 12, 1902. I shot a female Kirtland's Warbler {Dendroica kirt- 

 landii) from a small water oak standing near the border of an old field at 

 the north end of Cumberland Island. Its large size at once attracted 

 my attention, as it leisurely and silently hopped about among the 

 branches. 



On January 16, 1903, near the north end of Cumberland Island, I flushed 

 a small light colored bird that I suspected to be Sprague's Pipit {Antkus 

 spragueii). It flew but a short distance, but upon my attempting to 

 approach it at once took flight, and joining a Common Pipit that chanced 

 to be passing at the time was soon lost to view. Its mate somewhat 

 resembled that of the Common Pipit, yet was readily distinguishable 

 from it. Jan. 19, I again found it in the same locality and shot it, thus 

 confirming my conclusions as to its identity. My next opportunity to 

 look for these birds was March 27, when I found three and secured two of 

 them. From this time until April 3, several more were noted and six 

 specimens secured. They were all found singly among the short grass on 

 the dry sandy flats between the marsh and the ocean, and did not appear 

 to mingle with the Common Pipits, which were common in the vicinity. 

 I did not see any perform the towering flight which is said to be so char- 

 acteristic of this species. Nine specimens in all were taken on the follow- 

 ing dates: January 19, one ; March 27, two ; March 28, three; March 30, 

 two; April 3, one. All were females, and with the exception of the one 

 taken January 19, were in the prenuptial moult. — A. H. Helme, Miller 

 Place, N. Y. 



