I 



19^1(3 j Norton, Azotes on some Maine Birds. 383 



" Remains of at least 16 Muscidce, part of them Pallenia rudis, and part 

 of a metallic kind, probably Phormia, 96% ; 1 Scatophaga furcata and 1 

 Syrphus sp. 4%; bits of unidentified vegetable matter tr. The intestines 

 contained finely ground material of the same character." 



This occm-rence adds a new form to the North American catalogue, its 

 range being " Western and Southern Mexico from states of Sinaloa and 

 Southern Vera Cruz, southward through Central America, Colombia, 

 Venezuela and Guiana to Trinidad, Tobago, and lower Amazon Valley." '■ 



It should be recalled in connection with this waif that two verj^ intense 

 tropical cyclones visited the United States, one in August, the other in 

 September, 1915.2 



Regulus calendula calendula. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. — On Janu- 

 ary' 13, 1916, Mr. W. H. Rich brought me an adult male Ruby-crowned 

 Kinglet which had been found dead in a greenhouse near his residence in 

 Falmouth. As the winter had been very mild and the greenhouse frequently 

 opened for ventilation, it could not have been confined during the winter, 

 nor had it been 'seen by the owners, on their daily visits. The bird was 

 slightly putrid, the eyes and feet much dried, yet it could not have 

 been dead for more than a week. 



This species migrates through this region in October, the latest instance 

 of its occurrence that I have found being Phillips, October 25, 1911.^ 



1 1907. Ridgway, Bull. 50, U. S. N. M., pt. 4, 702. 



2 Cf. Mo. Weather Rev. Aug. 1915 and Sept. 1913: also Brooks, Science, N. S. XLIII: 

 214, 215, (Feb. 11, 1916). 



3 1915. Cooke, Biid-Lore, XVII: 124. 



