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we got a good look at him, one on either side, and each at a distance of 

 about fifty feet, and he proved himself a Thrasher. The writer was 

 provided with field glasses, and made a complete identification. 



My companion was Mr. David M. Macnaughton of Chatham, N. J., who 

 will corroborate these statements. I saw the bird again in the same 

 locality on February 5, and he was then scratching busily in some dead 

 leaves on a south slope which was clear of snow. I was within ten feet 

 of him before he flew up into an apple tree nearby. 



He seemed vigorous and contented, and as he has managed to find a 

 living through two very heavy snows and some very cold weather, his 

 chances for surviving the rest of the winter seem good — barring cats. — 

 R. C. Casket, Morristown, N. J. 



A Carolina Wren in New London County, Connecticut. — While driving 

 along a well traveled road on the afternoon of Dec. 29, 1909, I had the 

 pleasure of meeting a Carolina Wren {Thryothorus ludovicianus) and visited 

 with him several minutes as he was not in the least shy. The thermometer 

 registered zero that morning, with a foot of snow on the ground. — Arthur 

 W. BrockW' AY, Hadlyme, Conn. 



Wilson's Thrush {Hylocichla fuscescens) a common Breeder Near Alle- 

 gheny, Pennsylvania. — During the spring of 1909, I found the Veery 

 breeding quite commonly in suitable localities near Allegheny, Pennsyl- 

 vania. — Wm. G. Pitcairn, Allegheny, Pa. 



Concerning Three Erroneous Georgia Records. — In 'The Auk' for 

 January, 1910, p. 88, Mr. Ridgway cites the late Maj. Bendire as author- 

 ity for the breeding of Molothrus ater in Wayne and Mcintosh counties. 

 But the latter must have been misinformed, as if this species really breeds 

 in those counties the breeding range would unquestionably extend north- 

 ward along the coast to South Carolina, as the Cowbird breeds far north. 

 It is true that I only spent a "part of a single month in each county" — 

 in May, 1891 — not 1901 as Mr. Ridgway has stated. But a glance at the 

 map of Georgia will reveal the fact that by crossing the Altamaha River 

 from Mcintosh County anyone can go into the counties of Wayne and 

 Glynn in less than an hour. 



Mr. Ridgway says that "the breeding of the Bank Swallow and Short- 

 billed Marsh W>en on St. Simon's Island is based on eggs actually collected 

 there and positively identified (both by Mr. Bailey and myself)." In his 

 ' Manual of North American Birds,' 1887, p. 463, Mr. Ridgway gives the 

 measurement of eggs for Clivicola riparia as .70 X .49, and of Stelgidopteryx 

 serripennis as .72 X 51. If there is a person who can differentiate the eggs 

 of these two species by comparison I would like to know where he can be 

 found! 



Inre the Short-billed Marsh Wren, the eggs collected between the years 

 1853 and 1865 purporting to belong to this species, were really albino eggs 



