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withstanding its weaker emphasis, with the five to eight notes pitched all 

 on the same key. Tlie call-note was not heard. 



This would appear to be the first known occurrence of this bird in the 

 State outside of Long Island, where the capture of two has been recorded 

 bjMr. Dutcher (Auk, V, 18S8, p. 182; X, 1893, p. 236). —Eugene P. 

 BiCKNELL, Neiv York City. 



Occurrence of Helinaia swainsoni in the Dismal Swamp, Virginia. — 



During the early part of June, 1S95, the writer made a siiort trip to the 

 Dismal Swamp, and, as far as practicable, explored the region bordering 

 Lake Drummond. Various forms of animal and plant life occurring in 

 the locality demonstrate conclusively that the northern extension of the 

 Austroriparian region includes this swamp area. The cane {Arntidi- 

 jiarid) grows commonly through the swamp as well as along the lake 

 shore, and often forms extensive, almost impenetrable masses. On the 

 morning of June 2, near the edge of one of these canebrakes, the writer 

 had the pleasure of seeing a Swainson's Warbler which, although rather 

 wary, alighted within a few feet of him, but immediately flew off and 

 was not seen again. On the following day an adult male was secured 

 near an old boggy road, a couple of miles from where the first one was 

 seen, and on June 5, still another was observed. The last, like the first, 

 alighted nearby, and, after looking at the collector for a few moments, dis- 

 appeared in the thicket. From the number seen it is probable that the 

 species is a common summer resident. — A. K. Fisher, Department of 

 Agriculture, Waskingt07i, D. C. 



Helminthophila leucobronchialis in Maryland. — An adult male speci- 

 men of this Warbler was shot at Beltville, Md., not far from Washington, 

 D. C, on the first of May, this year, by Mr. A. H. Thayer, who brought 

 it to tlie National Museurn for identification. The bird was secured in 

 exchange for the National Museum collection (Museum register No. 

 150,120). It is a very typical one, absolutely without any trace of 

 yellow on the breast or abdomen, but with rather more black on the post- 

 ocular streak than is shown in the plate accompanying the description of 

 the type, and considerably more than in the specimen shot by Mr. Wm. 

 Palmer near Washington, May 8, 1885 (No. 105,684). Some of the feathers 

 of the cheeks are black, a feature not shown in the type, nor in the above- 

 mentioned example collected by Mr. Palmer. The back is clear ashy 

 gray, with the faintest possible tinge of yellow in the interscapular 

 region. The crown and wing bands are bright yellow, as in the 

 type. — Chas. W. Richmond, Washington, D. C. 



Nesting of Helminthophila leucobronchialis in Connecticut. — My col- 

 lector, ]SIr. Samuel Robinson, found here June 24, 1S94, a nest of this 

 puzzling W^arbler containing four eggs, but did not disturb it. The next 

 day I visited the spot and started the female from the nest a number of 



