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measurements were taken: extent of wings, 4 feet 3 inches; length, 23 

 inches; tarsus, 2.20; tail, 10.00; culmen, 3.00; lanceolate feathers of 

 throat, 2.70. 



The specimen was sent to Mr. Ridgway for positive identification, and 

 is, so far as known, the only C. c. principalis, captured in Illinois. The 

 specimen is now in the collection of the Chicago Academy of Sciences. — 

 Frank M. Woodruff, Chicago, III. 



The Ipswich Sparrow. — A Correction. — Dr. Jonathan Dwight, Jr.'s, 

 interesting monograph of the Ipswich Sparrow 1 brings into prominence 

 a boyish and ill-advised note on this bird which I published in the 'Bul- 

 letin' of the Nuttall Ornithological Club (Vol. II, pp. 27, 28). I regret 

 that I have left the note so long unexpunged; but it is not too late to 

 mend the matter, and I withdraw the record now. — Nathan Clifford 

 Brown, Portland. Me. 



Second Occurrence of the Lark Sparrow in Virginia. — While collecting 

 on the ' Drv Isaacs' (one of the sandy islets on the ocean side of Cape 

 Charles) on August 24, 1895, I flushed from the grass an immature male 

 Chondestes grammaciis, which after considerable trouble, owing to its 

 wildness, I secured. — William Palmer, Washington, D. C. 



The Cape May Warbler (Dcndroica tigrina) in the Maritime Portions 

 of South Carolina. — On September 13, 1895,1 shot an adult male Cape 

 May Warbler from the top of a live-oak tree. It was in company with 

 many other Warblers, all being busily engaged searching for insects. 

 The next day I procured another male which I shot from the same tree. 

 Previous to this date there was much stormy weather accompanied with 

 heavy rain which lasted for tight days. The Cape May Warbler is a 

 verv rare bird in the maritime districts of South Carolina, and these two 

 are the only individuals which have ever been taken on the seaboard. — 

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



The Carolina Wren in Connecticut. — While collecting in a grove about 

 five miles from Bridgeport, April 20, 1S95, Dr. E. H. Eames and the 

 writer found two Carolina Wrens (Thryothorus ludovicianus) occupied 

 in running about a stone wall. On June 13, we found both old birds and 

 shot two young ones. The young, which had probably been out of the 

 nest a week, had only a faint chirp and were not as active as the adults. — 

 11. II. Taylor, Bridgeport. Conn. 



The Red-breasted Nuthatch {Sitta canadensis) on Long Island, South 

 Carolina. — I shot a beautiful adult male of this Nuthatch within ten yards 

 of the front beach on November 14, 1895, on Long Island, S. C. It was 



1 Memoirs of the Nuttall Ornithological Club. No. II. Cambridge, Mass., 

 August, 1895. 



