388 Getieral Notes. [^^",^ 



detect that the first phrase was a typical ckrysoptera syllable, while the 

 second was a perfect pi'niis syllable, thus: s/iree-e-e, zwee-e-e-e. the first 

 syllable penetrating and somewhat b.arsh, the second long-drawn, dreamy 

 and wheezy. 



Habits. — Very similar to finus. The male Lawrence Warbler was 

 mated with a typical female Blue-winged Warbler. The nest was placed 

 on the ground among a thick layer of dead leaves, and was arched over 

 and almost concealed from view by sweet-brier vines. It was a well-made 

 cup of dried leaves lined with strips of cedar bark. On June 13 there 

 were six vigorous young birds in the nest, all in the typical nestling 

 plumage of H. piniis^ showing no traces of the black markings of //. 

 la-wrencei. Within five minutes after our arrival, both parents appeared^ 

 carrying mouthfuls of green cut-woi-ms. The birds were very tame, 

 allowing us to approach within eight feet without showing fear. At 

 other times the birds were within a yard of the observer. Both parents 

 kept up the sharp chips of warning to the young. The young birds left 

 the nest in safetv on June 16, and though search has been since made, 

 they have not again been observed. 



It is hoped that this interesting and rare species, whether it be a hybrid 

 or, as I half suspect, a species in the process of making, will make the 

 Zoological Park its home for a third year. It has seemed to us that when 

 the identification is as certain as in this instance, the interests of science 

 may best be served by permitting the bird to breed unmolested, rather 

 than by simply adding a twelfth skin to our collections, and by so doing, 

 put an end to all hope of future observations of the bird or its offspring. 

 I wish that ornithologists would do likewise more often in the case of 

 extra-limital records of species where the identification of the living bird 

 is certain. — C. William Beebe, Curator of Ornit/tology, Nevj York 

 Zoological Park. 



Myrtle Warblers Wintering in Maine. — Several years ago there was 

 some comment in 'The Auk' with reference to a claim that Myrtle 

 Warblers had been found wintering in this State. Under title of 'The 

 Yellow-rumped Warbler Wintering in Maine,' Dr. Joseph L. Goodale 

 reported the capture of two of these birds from a flock of six at Pine 

 Point, Me., Jan. i, 1SS5 (Auk, Vol. II, p. 216). Mr. Nathan Clifford 

 Brown later expressed a doubt that these Pine Point birds tarried in 

 Maine throughout the season, implying that it was a time of unusually 

 severe cold (Auk, Vol. II, p. 307). 



I am now able to establish by reliable evidence the wintering in Maine 

 the past winter of a flock of three to six Myrtle Warblers. The season, 

 it should be remembered, was more severe than usual, the thermometer 

 being near the zero mark morning after morning through January, when 

 the birds were found. Jan. 10, 1904, I walked to Pond Cove, Cape Eliza- 

 beth, the snow being about two feet deep and the day severely cold. 

 There I saw several birds flying about the trees near the road, but I did 



