190 General Notes. [^^^ 



on the steep bank of a brook in heavy woods. It was built of pine 

 needles, slightl\- roofed over bv leaves, and contained four eggs of the 

 typical Warbler coloration. The identification was made certain l)y col- 

 lecting the female which was lurking near by in the laurels. The ravine 

 where the nest was found is not over 150 feet above the level of the 

 Delaware, which at this point is about 950 feet, making a total ele\ation 

 of 1 100 feet above sea-level. 



On June 21 we penetrated further into the woods, and in a thicket of 

 small white pines found the nest and four eggs of the Nashville Warbler 

 {Helmint/iop/iila rufcapilla) at an elevation of about 11 75 feet This 

 nest was under the root of a small pine ; deeply cupped and loosely lined 

 with pine needles. I soon collected the female which we had Hushed 

 from the nest. 



The notes heard from this bird when first llushcd were a crackling like 

 the breaking of small twigs. After that, the only note was a staccato 

 chillip. The same day I collected two males and one female, adult, 

 Blackburnian Warblers (^Dendroica blacklntrnice). They evidently breed 

 in that part of Pike County, for we found them in one particular patch 

 of the woods all through the summer. Despite oui- searching, we found 

 no nests of this species. 



On June 25, in nearly the same area in which 1 had found the other 

 Warblers, I heard a Warbler's song that was strange to me. I followed 

 it up and shot its author, a fine specimen of Black-and-Yellow Warbler 

 (^Dendroica maculosa'), male adult ; a bird that heretofore I had known 

 only as a migrant in Pike County. The genital organs \vere fully dcxcl- 

 oped and he was carrying food, so I have no doubt there was a nest not 

 far distant. 



We found Parula Warblers breeding abundantly in these woods, and on 

 the pine ridges found Pine Warblers (^Dendroica vigorsii). 



On June 26 I saw a Mockingbird (^Miiims polyfflottos),a. rare but regular 

 visitor after the nesting season; and on August 17 I took a female 

 Hooded Warbler {Sylvania niitrata), which I have reason to believe nests 

 rarely but regularly in the Delaware \'alley. — IIkrbert Wheaton 

 CoNGDON, West Nexv Brighton, N. V. 



Some Uncommon and Rare Birds of Erie County, Ohio. — During 

 the last fifteen years of ornithological collecting the following species 

 have but once in each case fallen into my hands although almost 

 weekly, sometimes daily, excursions have been made. They are now 

 preserved in my collection of moimted birds. 



Accipiter atricapillus. American Goshawk. — A young male was 

 shot Oct. 15, 1889, wiiile (^lail hunting. It is the second specimen that 

 has been taken in this immediate vicinity. The other, an adult, is in 

 the collection of Dr. Benschoter of this place. 



Coccothraustes vespertinus. Evening Gro.sheak. — A female, seen 

 in the evergreens around my father's house for several days, was shot 



