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of Essex County, p. 26S). It has occurred to me that stragglers in the 

 migrations along our Eastern Coast may not be so very rare, but that 

 they are overlooked, being mistaken for Vesper Sparrows, owing to the 

 white outer tail feathers. In both of the above instances, however, the 

 slightly fan-shaped tail, and the fact that the white was not confined to 

 the two outer feathers, as in the Vesper Sparrow, attracted my eye. The 

 characteristic marking on the side of the head in the Lark Sparrow, seen 

 with a glass within thirty feet, made the diagnosis in the second case 

 absolutely certain. — Charles W. Townsend, M. D., Boston, Mass. 



A Male Golden-winged Warbler (Hclminthophila chrysoptcra) Mated 

 with a Female Blue-winged Warbler (Hclminthophila pinus) at Bethel, 

 Conn. — On June 11, 1905, Robert Judd, H. C. Judd and myself were 

 walking through a patch of second growth when our attention was attracted 

 by the sharp chipping of two birds, which we found to be a male Hclmin- 

 thophila chrysoptcra and a female Hdminthophila pinus. 



After nearly two hours of searching and watching I flushed the female 

 pinus from the nest, which contained five young about two days old. 

 During this time both birds were very much excited. These two birds 

 were the only Hclminthopfnhr seen or heard in the vicinity. 



The nest was placed on the ground in a bed of leaves at the foot of a 

 bunch of chestnut sprouts and was concealed by a few grasses. The 

 grass was not as thick as is usual in typical nesting sites of H . pinus. The 

 male chrysoptcra frequently flew into this bunch of chestnut sprouts while 

 we were watching the two birds. 



June 16, Robert Judd and myself again visited the nest and found the 

 young birds had left it. Both of the old birds were around and were very 

 much excited. 



After watching them for some time we found one young bird which 

 the female was feeding. This was apparently the only young there was 

 left and it was in typical plumage of young H . pinus. We caught the young 

 bird, and among the Chewinks, Yellow-breasted Chats, Indigo Buntings, 

 Field Sparrows, etc., that were attracted by its cries of distress, was a 

 male H. pinus. who was promptly driven off by the male H. chrysoptcra. 

 This was the only male pinus seen near the nest at any time. We gave 

 the young bird his liberty again and watched the two old birds for some 

 time. The male was not seen to feed the young bird, but he flew un- 

 easily from bush to bush, chipping frequently. 



On account of thunder storms and heavy rains we were unable to make 

 any further observations until June 23. On this date neither the old 

 birds nor young could be found, although we searched thoroughly for 

 several hours. Possibly the young were destroyed by the heavy rains, 

 or some predatory mammal may have finished them. A further search 

 on June 25 and July 9 also failed to show any trace of them. — Jesse C. 

 A. Meeker, Danbury, Conn. 



