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with that of the presence of others of the species, makes it unlikely that 
it was an escaped cage-bird. It was identified by Dr. Allen and Mr. 
Chapman, and is preserved in my father’s collection. 
So far as I know, this species has not been introduced into this country, 
though it is always possible for such birds to fly aboard trans Atlantic 
liners at sea, and stay with them to the end of the voyage. It is probably 
by this means that most of the stray European land birds get to America, 
and vice versa. 
Dr. Marcus S. Farr, of the New York State Museum, advises me to 
record this occurrence in ‘The Auk,’ even at this late date—GrraLpD H. 
THAYER, JZonadnock, N. H. 
The Rough-winged Swallow breeding in Connecticut, and other 
Notes. — On June 17, 1900, I secured a male Rough-winged Swallow 
(Stelgidopteryx serripennis) which was flying about a little brackish pond 
by the Thames River, near Gales Ferry. Later, on June 23, I found in 
a neighboring railroad embankment two nests of this species. Both 
were dug into the bank about an arm’s length and just under the over- 
hanging sods and roots. One of the nests, which I examined carefully, 
contained five pin-feather covered young. The parents were seen cir- 
cling nervously about, all four being present, which led me to believe 
another nest must be in the vicinity, which I failed to discover. 
I found also two male Hooded Warblers (Welsonta mitrata) on the 
Gales Ferry side of the river on June 23 and 24, opposite the Montville 
shore where I found a single bird last June (see Auk, XVI, 1899, p. 360); 
these two birds were singing among the mountain laurel bushes on the 
southern hillsides. I also found a single male Worm-eating Warbler 
(Helmitherus vermtvorus) singing in the same locality on June 23, and 
secured him on the 24th. A pair of Mourning Doves (Zenatdura mac- 
roura) were seen on June 17, feeding along the beach at Gales Ferry. — 
REGINALD HEBER Howe, JR., Longwood, Mass. 
The Proper Name for the Florida Yellow-throat. In ‘The Auk’ for 
July 1, 1900 (p. 225), Mr. William Palmer adopts Audubon’s name roscoe 
for the southern torm of the Maryland Yellow-throat because, to quote 
from his paper, ‘‘ there can be no question as to the Florida bird occurring 
along the Gulf Coast”; and also, because the type specimen was “taken in 
acypress swamp.” ‘The first reason is a matter of opinion as yet uncon- 
firmed by specimens and, in the event of its being substantiated, of little 
value, under the circumstances. The second reason is an excellent one 
for the rejection of the name voscoe for the resident bird. 
The Florida Yellow-throat, is, so far as my experience goes, by no 
means acommon bird. In Florida, during the winter, it is doubtless out- 
numbered by ¢rzchas by at least fifty to one. I have invariably found it 
in or near growths of scrub palmetto, whence the local name ‘ Palmetto 
Bird.’ 
