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The Yellow-throated Warbler {Dendroica dominica dominica) at 

 Cape May, N. J. — While examining the Pitch Pine trees in the woods 

 at Cape May Point at the southernmost extremity of New Jersey, on July 

 13, 1920, in a search for some young of the Pine Warbler {Dendroica vigor si), 

 I noticed the terminal portion of a small branch in violent agitation and 

 focusing my binoculars upon it was astonished to see an adult Yellow- 

 throated Warbler {D. dominica dominica) emerge from among the needles. 

 I watched it feeding in this tree for some little time, hoping that it might 

 lead the way to a nest or brood of young, but it seemed concerned entirely 

 with obtaining food for itself. Finally it disappeared behind the main 

 trunk of the tree and apparently flew off on the far side, as further search 

 failed to discover it anywhere in the neighborhood. Two days later a 

 careful search was made and after about an hour the bird was seen again 

 in the same vicinity and was secured. It was a male with sexual organs 

 only moderately developed and as no trace of other individuals of the 

 species, either adult or young, could be found during the remainder of the 

 summer, it seems probable that this was simply a stray individual that 

 had wandered a little north of its regular range. As the Blue Gray Gnat- 

 catcher occurs regularly in the same woods and the Mockingbird not in- 

 frequently, it would not be surprising if this species occurred there occa- 

 sionally as a breeder. 



One specimen of this species was secured somewhere in Cape May 

 County by the late Harry Garrett, of West Chester, and was obtained 

 from him by Charles J. Pennock. It is now in the collection of the Phila- 

 delphia Academy, but I have not been able to learn the exact locality 

 of its capture. These constitute, so far as I know, the only specimens 

 that have been obtained in the State. My specimen is now also in the 

 Collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. — W'itmer 

 Stone, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 



The Black-poll Warbler and Bicknell's Thrush at Yarmouth, 

 Nova Scotia.— It appears to have escaped general notice that Mr. E. 

 Chesley Allen, in a paper entitled 'Annotated List of Birds of Yarmouth 

 and Vicinity, Southwestern Nova Scotia' (Trans. N. S. Inst, of Sci., 

 Vol. XIV, Part 1, pp. 67-95, Jan. 5, 1916), stated that the Black-poll 

 Warbler {Dendroica striata) and Bicknell's Thrush (Hylocichla aliciae 

 bicknelli) are regular summer residents on the West Cape, at the entrance 

 to the harbor of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and doubtless breed there. The 

 West Cape is an island at high tide, but is connected with the mainland 

 by a highway bridge. My attention was first called to the presence of 

 these birds at this point by Mr. Allen. 



On the afternoon of June 18, 1920, I spent two hours at the West Cape 

 and, although a clouded sky and a high, chill easterly gale made con- 

 ditions unfavorable for observing song-birds, I noticed six Black-poll 

 Warblers and one Bicknell's Thrush in song. I have no doubt that I should 

 have found many more of the warblers, which seemed to be plentiful, 



