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distinctly without the aid of a glass. I had no means of securing the 

 specimen, but there can be, I think, no doubt as to the identification. 



The probability that this was an escaped cage bird at once suggests 

 itself, but it is safe to say that the bird did not belong to anyone in this 

 town or immediate neighborhood. Moreover, the feet and plumage 

 seemed in too good condition for a newly escaped captive. 1 — Mabel C. 

 Berry, East Derry, X. II. 



Solitary Vireo ( Vireo solitarius) nesting in Connecticut. — June 8, 

 1S94, I found a nest of this species suspended from an alder bush, seven 

 feet from the ground, in a swamp, near West Simsbury, Conn. It con- 

 tained four eggs. — C. M. Case, Hartford. Conn. 



Dendroica palmarum in New York City. — An individual of the Palm 

 Warbler was seen by the writer, September 2, 1S96, in West 129th Street, 

 New York City, at the base of the prominence upon which stands the 

 Claremont Hotel. The bird is not only rare in this vicinity but the 

 record is an unusually early one. Three of the five recorded instances of 

 its occurrence are based on spring captures at Sing Sing (Fisher) and 

 Riverdale (Bicknell). The two previous fall records are, Fire Island 

 Light, L. I., Sept. 23, 1SS7 (Dutcher) and Red Bank, N. J.. Sept. 28, 1889 

 (Oberholser). — Frank M. Chapman, American Museum oj Natural 

 History, Nezv York City. 



Breeding of the Yellow-throated Warbler {Dendroica dominica) in 

 Virginia, near Washington. — Since 1S89 (Auk, 1889, p. 339), this species 

 has been frequently taken in Alexandria County in July and August. 

 The writer has also taken it in Fairfax County, near Mount Vernon 

 (May 13, 1894; June 4, 1893; June n, 1S93). and has often observed 

 others. He has now to record that Mr. Stephan Rocyski, of Washington, 

 took a set of five eggs on May 2, 1896, about a mile north of Mount 

 Vernon. The nest was found on April 19, about one-fourth built, and 

 was situated on a sloping branch on the south side of a cedar, twelve 

 feet from the ground and forty feet from the south corner of a farmer's 

 porch. It is composed of bits of bark, old grass stems and leaves, 

 small vine tendrils, pieces of string and masses of spider webs. The 

 rim is made of grass stems and the opening is thickly studded with 

 white and gray feathers, so that little of the cavity is seen. Exteriorly 

 it is cup-shaped, four inches deep by three in diameter, and hollowed 

 where it rested on the sloping branch. This is probably the most north- 

 ern record for the nesting of this species. Mr. Rocyski secured the 

 female and kindly presented it to me. — William Palmer, Washington, 

 D. C. 



1 Previous New England records are : Boardman (Proc. Boston Soc. N. H., 

 IX, 1S62, p. 127), nearCalais, Me. ; Plummer (Bull. X. O. C, Y, 1880, p. 1X4 ), 

 Brookline, Mass. ; and the Grand Menan, N. B., record by Herrick. 



