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now rapidly becoming extinct on the Wacissa. Every one is shot by 

 being systematically followed up. They are shot for food, and the people 

 — the crackers — consider them '-better than ducks"! The bill is also 

 prized and manv fall victims for that reason. 



Helinaia swainsonii. Swaixson's Warbler.— Breeds very abundantly 

 on the Wacissa, but only sparingly in the hill country. The only nest 

 found, which contained three very heavily spotted eggs, was taken May 7, 

 in the hill country. 



Helminthophila bachmani. Bachman's Warbler.— An extremely 

 rare migrant in this region. I secured but eight specimens, of which five 

 were females. All the males taken were shot while singing, which made 

 me suspect they would breed in the hill country, as all the specimens I 

 took on the Suwannee River, with one exception, were silent. 



The mystery is where does Bachman's Warbler breed, for it must 

 breed in some of the Southern States. 



Thryothorus bewickii. Bewick's Wren.— A common winter and 

 early spring resident. This is one of the commonest Wrens, being found 

 along fenced roads. It sings like a Song Sparrow. 



Note on the PARoquET {Cotiurus carolinensls).— ¥oYm&Y\y very 

 common, but it has entirely disappeared from this region now. Mr. E. G. 

 Kilpatrick, of Waukeenah, told me that he saw a flock of these birds 

 alight in the trees in his yard four years ago, but they soon left. 



In conclusion I wish to express my thanks to Mr. Edward G. Kilpatrick 

 of Waukeenah, who assisted me in every possible w^iy in securing speci- 

 mens, and accompanied me through the Wacissa Wilderness. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW BIRDS FROM THE 

 ISLAND OF MARGARITA, VENEZUELA. 



BY CHARLES W. RICHMOND. 



During July of the present year Lieut. Wirt Robinson, U. S. A., 

 visited the Island of Margarita on a short collecting trip, and 

 obtained about two hundred specimens, representing all the land 

 birds observed there, except Polyborus and the two common 

 Vultures. These specimens were sent to the National Museum 

 for identification, and in a preliminary examination of part of the 

 collection the species here described appear to be new. They 



