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Zonotrichia albicollis in California. — Mr. L. Belding has sent to the 

 National Museum a specimen of this species shot bv him at Stockton, 

 California, April 22, 1892. It is an adult (apparently a male) in full spring 

 plumage, and is quite identical in coloration and other characters with 

 Eastern specimens. This is apparently only the third Pacific Coast 

 record for the species, the first having been published onl}' a few years 

 since by Mr. W. Otto Emerson of Haywards, California.— Robert Ridg- 

 WAY, Washitii^foti, D. C. 



Abnormal Plumage of Habia ludoviciana. — On May 17, 1892, at 

 Stamford, Connecticut, I shot a Rose-breasted Grosbeak, a male (as proved 

 bv dis.section), which presented certain peculiarities of plumage. It 

 showed the brown wing feathers of the immature bird, but the rose color 

 was exceedingly prominent. Its size was large : 7 5-8 inches in length, 

 and 4 1-3 inches wing. It differed from ordinary specimens of the second 

 rear in the following particulars : top of head, crown and neck black 

 flecked with rose; a large rose-white patch specked with black at back of 

 neck; rump rosy white ; tail coverts black with white tips ; tail as in old 

 male; lower parts and chest as in adult male; throat entirel}' rose red; 

 chin black; long quills of wing brown as in second year plumage; rest 

 of wing as in adult male; shoulder with one or two rose flecks; a rose- 

 white streak starting at tjase of lower mandible, extending down the throat 

 to the chest, then abruptly turning across the neck, past the" shoulder, 

 and terminating in the white patch at back of neck; a second stripe 

 starts at base of upper mandible, continues over the eye, and down the 

 neck to the white patch. This second stripe is narrow, but bright rose- 

 red from the bill to the eye, and then becomes broader and lighter as 

 it extends down the neck. — Louis H. Porter, Stamford. Cotni. 



On the Breeding of Helminthophila pinus with H. leucobronchialis at 

 Englewood, New Jersey. — As additional evidence in this puzzling case, 

 I desire to record the breeding of a typical male of H. pifitis, with a non- 

 tvpical female oi leucobronchialis. The nest was found on the west sloj^e 

 of the Palisades at Englewood, New Jersey, June 12, 1892. It was placed 

 on the ground in a small bushy opening in a piece of mixed woodland, 

 and contained three eggs (one of which was broken) of the rightful 

 owners and one of the Cowbird. In construction it agreed with typical 

 nests oi pinny. The eggs are similar to those oi pinus, hv\t are some- 

 what more heavily spotted than the average eggs of that species. The 

 female was closely examined both while she was on the nest and in the 

 bushes and trees near it. In coloration she was intermediate between 

 pinus and leucobronchialis \ the underparts were washed with pale yel- 

 low, the upper back was bluish, the rump grayish; the wieg-bars were 

 white. She was flushed from the nest three times, and on each occasion 

 was at once joined bj' a typical male pinns which shared her anxiety. 

 Frequently they were so close to each other that they were both in the 

 field of my glass at the same time, and I thus had an excellent opportunity 



