Vol. XXIII 

 1906 



General Notes. 1 05 



The Cape May Warbler in Litchfield County, Conn.— As the Cape 

 May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina) is so rarely reported from this State. 

 it may be of interest to record my capture of a male of this species on 

 May 8, 1905, near the village of Litchfield, Conn. It was with a large 

 flock of Black-throated Green Warblers in a row of Norway spruces 

 bordering the cemetery of the village. — E. Seymour Woodruff, New 

 Haven, Conn. 



A Third Record for the Prairie Warbler in Canada. — On September 

 5, 1905, while collecting on the east shore of Point Pelee, Essex County, 

 Ontario, I took a young male Prairie Warbler (Dendroica discolor). It 

 is now No. 314 in my collection. This is the third record for Canada, the 

 other two being taken at Toronto, Ont., in 1900. — N. B. Klugh, Mac- 

 donald Institute, Guelph, Ont. 



The Carolina Wren a Summer Resident of Ontario. — On September 

 5, 1905, while collecting in a thicket on the east shore about two miles 

 from the end of Point Pelee, Essex County, Ont., I secured a young male 

 Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) . This skin is now No. 315 in 

 my collection, and is the second record for Canada. The first Canadian 

 specimen was taken in February, 1891, at Forest, Ont., by Mr. Montague 

 Smith, and is recorded by mistake as being taken at Mount Forest, Ont., 

 in Mclhvraith's ' Birds of Ontario, ' p. 392. At the time I collected the 

 specimen above recorded I saw another Carolina Wren. Both were sing- 

 ing and creeping about very rapidly among the underbrush. 



On September 6, Mr. P. A. Taverner and I visited the thicket above 

 referred to. Mr. Taverner took a young male which is now No. 299 

 in his collection, and I secured two fledglings, both males, which are now 

 No. 300 in Mr. Taverner's collection and No. 316 in my collection. Be- 

 sides those taken we saw another, either an adult or a bird in the first 

 winter plumage. 



The two birds first taken were evidently members of an earlier brood, 

 and the two last members of a later brood. The presence of these fledg- 

 lings constitutes the first breeding record for Canada. — N. B. Klugh, 

 Macdonald Institute, Guelph, Ont. 



First Capture of Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi) on Long 

 Island, New York. — A male of this species was captured at Kings Park, 

 November 25, 1905, by Mr. J. A. Weber who kindly put the bird into my 

 hands for identification. It appears to have wandered far from its habitat, 

 the Rocky Mountains, although there is the possibility of its being an 

 escaped cage-bird. While the freshness of plumage and normal length 

 of claws do not preclude this possibility, the species is not, I am told, 

 one that is caged for sale, and the specimen in question seems to have 

 as good a claim to be recorded as have other unexpected waifs in other 



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