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Cassin's Sparrow in Colorado. — On May 27, 1905, I took a female Cas- 

 sin's Sparrow (Peuccea cassinii) near Springfield, Baca County, Colorado, 

 to the best of my knowledge the first to be taken in the State, although 

 it was expected that it would be found sooner or later. The bird was 

 perched on a barbed-wire fence on the prairie near Cat Creek, about a 

 mile south of the town. Its breast was quite bare of feathers, so that it 

 may have been incubating. Springfield is about thirty miles from both 

 the east and the south boundaries of the State. — Edward R. Warren, 

 Colorado Springs, Col. 



The English Sparrow at Tucson, Arizona. — The English Sparrow 

 (Passer domesticus) has made its appearance in Tuscon, Arizona. — Geo. 

 F. Breninger, Phoenix, Arizona. 



The Orange-crowned Warbler (Helminthophila celata) a Winter Resi- 

 dent in South Carolina. — In 'The Auk,' III, 18S6, 139, I recorded this 

 w r arbler as occurring on the coast of South Carolina, from November to 

 March. Prof. W. W. Cooke states in his article 'The Winter Ranges of 

 the Warblers' (Auk, July, 1905, p. 297) that H. celata "occurs in migra- 

 tion " and is "rare or accidental " in the southeast United States, but that 

 it does not winter. 



This latter is certainly a "loose statement," as the Orange-crowned 

 Warbler winters abundantly on the coast of South Carolina and it arrives 

 from the northwest the last week in October and remains until the first 

 week in April, or perhaps even later. The center of abundance of these 

 warblers is on the coast islands, as the greater part of these islands are 

 veritable jungles, which the Orange-crowned Warbler delights to inhabit. 

 I have also taken this warbler in the winter in different parts of Florida, 

 such as the Suwannee and Wacissa River regions. 



The Orange-crowned Warbler is capable of enduring intense cold. I 

 have seen numbers of these highly interesting birds near Charleston when 

 the thermometer ranged as low as 8° above zero. While in South Caro- 

 lina, these warblers are partial to thickets of lavender and myrtle bushes. 

 Arthur T. Wayne, Mount Pleasant, S. C. 



Brewster's Wa.rbler (Helminthophila leucobronchialis) at Englewood, 

 N. J. — On May 13, Dr. Wm. Wiegmann, Carleton Schaller and I found 

 a typical Brewster's Warbler at Englewood, N.J. It was with a flock of 

 other warblers in an American elm pecking at the fruit (samaras). It 

 was only a migrant, as it was not seen again, although I went to the 

 same place the next day. The following description was written in the 

 field. Above uniform pale grayish blue; anterior half of crown dull 

 yeliovv; a black streak through the eye ; superciliary line whitish ; malar 

 region hoary grayish ; entire lower parts white, sides and flanks plumbe- 

 ous, the latter color encroaching upon the breast; middle and greater 

 wing-coverts tipped with yellow forming two beady wing-bars, more 



