The lal^el on the tj^pe specimen Avas evidentlj- not written by Audubon 

 himself and whoever wrote it had doubts as to the correctness of the 

 locaHty. 



Old Fort Union is the type locality of several species, but writers and 

 geographers have disagreed as to whether the Fort was in North Dakota 

 or Montana. Mr. E. A. Preble, of the Biological Survey, visited the site 

 a few days ago and finds that the present Montana- Dakota line cuts 

 right through the site of the old fort, but as most of the buildings were 

 on the Dakota side, it seems best to consider that Old Fort Union was in 

 North Dakota. — Wells W. Cooke, Biological Survey, Washington, D. C. 



The Redstart in Southern New Jersey in Summer. — The Reds?t-art is a 

 rare summer resident in southern New Jersey, and it is only of late years 

 that it has been commonly observed at this season. 



On the Pensauken Creek, as far back as 1894 or 189.5, in September, I 

 collected a nest that was undoubtedly of this species. It was found 

 well in a wood on the high bank of the stream, above Parry, on the 

 Burlington County side, and was placed in the crotch of a white oak sap- 

 ling, about 20 feet from the ground. It differed appreciably in composi- 

 tion from nests of the Yellow Warbler, the only species breeding on the 

 creek whose nests it resembled; l)ut I have never yet found Dendroica 

 oesiiva nesting in woods. I had the nest several years in my collection 

 and it was almost the exact reproduction of other Redstarts' nests I 

 possessed, which were collected in New York and Pennsylvania. 



Nevertheless, the Redstart does breed on the Pensauken Creek, as I 

 saw a pair here on June 14, 1908, in a wood on the Burlington County 

 side of the South Branch, above Fork's Landing, and observed a male in 

 the same wood on June 1.3, 1909. But on both occasions I failed to 

 find the nest. 



At Fish House, Camden County, N. J., one was seen on June 3, 1906, 

 but no search was made for its nest. A Blue-\nnged Warbler, another 

 rare breeder in southern New Jersey, was observed on the same day at 

 this locality. 



It is my belief that the Redstart is increasing in South Jersey in summer, 

 as it appears to be doing in southeastern Pennsylvania. — Richard F. 

 Miller, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Providential Supply of Food for Birds in a Blizzard. — April 22, 1910, 

 opened bright and warm. Fruit trees were in blossom, flowers everywhere. 

 By night a heavy rain set in, followed by snow and a cold northwest wind. 

 By morning it was mid-winter. Birds and plants were frozen, and there' 

 was several inches of snow on the ground. 



Half-frozen and bedraggled, the birds huddled under the hedges or in 

 the evergreens for protection from the blizzard. After breakfast I went 

 out to shovel the snow off the walk, and was surprised to see throngs of 



