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Tennessee Warbler was almost common in the village of Litchfield dur- 

 ing the nine days from May 19 to 27 inclusive this last spring. Litchfield 

 is situated on a high ridge, along the crest of which runs the main street, 

 bordered with tall elms. To these trees and to those in the grounds about 

 the houses close to the street the birds seemed to be restricted ; for 

 though I was in the field every day throughout the migration, I did not 

 see or hear one outside of the village. I secured five on different days 

 within that time out of one tree in our own grounds, and heard or saw 

 several others in the neighboring yards. — Edward Seymour Wood- 

 ruff, Litchfield, Conn. 



Two Records for Colorado.— Flicker. Colaptes anratus. — Oct. 24, 

 1904, I obtained in Hall Valley, Park Co., Colorado, a specimen of the 

 eastern Flicker showing not a trace of hybridization with the Red-shafted 

 Flicker. This is the first record for this bird in our State at such an alti- 

 tude, this specimen being taken at an altitude of 10,000 feet. 



Canvas-back. Aytkya vallisneria . — Julj' 4, 1900, I found near Barr 

 Lake, Adams Co., Colorado, a set of eleven eggs of the Canvas-back. 

 The eggs were fresh. This is the first record I believe for this bird's 

 breeding in our State. — A. H. Felger, Denver, Colo. 



Colorado Notes. — The Wood Thrush {Hylocichla mustelind) may now 

 be added to the Colorado avifauna. It is reported by Miss Jennie M. 

 Patten at Yuma, Colo., one specimen being seen on May 27, 1905, under 

 such circumstances that indentification was easy and certain. She also re- 

 ported a Cardinal (Cardinalis cardiualis), but afterwards discovered that 

 it was an escaped cagebird. The same observer reports two Red-eyed 

 Vireos (Vireo olivaceiis) at the same station on May 27, 1905, and after- 

 wards. Colorado records for this species are meager. Also Baltimore 

 Orioles {Icterus galbnla) in 1903 and May 22 and 23, 1905. 



I watched a Blue-gray Gnatcatcber (Polioptila ccerulea) for some time 

 at short range near Boulder on May 12, 1905. This is the first record 

 north of Denver in Colorado, so far as I am aware. Bobolinks appeared 

 again this year in some numbers east of Boulder, from which the infer- 

 ence is warranted that they are regular visitants, unnoted until last year. 



A male House Finch {Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis), assisting his 

 mate in raising a family of five nestlings under the roof of our front porch, 

 confirms a long cherished suspicion that lack of red plumage does not 

 always indicate immaturity. His plumage appears to be almost exactly 

 like that of the female. He sings a great deal, with the full song of the 

 male, though at first the song seemed a little weak — perh;ips a mere 

 fancy engendered by the apparently immature plumage. He had several 

 fights with a highly colored male when nest building first began, and his 

 mate then fought more valiantly than he did. 



Songs of Female Birds. — Ornithological literature seems to say very 

 little about the nesting songs of female birds, or I have been unfortunate 



