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the females and young males of P. subis is doubtless responsible for its 

 having been so long overlooked. 



It may be well to note that there is also in the collection an immature 

 male P. subis taken at the same time and place and by the same collector 

 as the female chalybea. — W. DeW. Miller, Amer. M%ts. Nat. Hist., New 

 York City. 



Swainson's Warbler in Nebraska.-- Among a lot of bird skins from 

 Kearney, Nebraska, sent to me for identification a few days ago, I found 

 a fine adult specimen of Swainson's Warbler (Helinaia swainsonii), labeled 

 "<? Kearney, Neb., Apr. 9, 1905. C. A. Black." I at once wrote my 

 friend Mr. Black, for any particulars regarding its capture, and he replied 

 as follows: "The [Swainson's] Warbler was taken by myself, on a cloudy 

 afternoon in my dooryard. It was hopping around on the ground under 

 some cedar and maple trees." This I believe to be the first record of this 

 species being taken in Nebraska, and I believe it is farther north and west 

 than it has ever been recorded before. — ('has. K. Worthen, Warsaw, Ills. 



The Date of Discovery of Swainson's Warbler (Hilinaia swainsonii). 

 — In Audubon's 'Birds of America,' Vol. II, p. 84, he states concerning 

 this species: "The bird represented in the plate before you was discovered 

 by my friend John Bachman, near Charleston in South Carolina, while I 

 was in another part of our continent, searching for the knowledge neces- 

 sary to render my ornithological biographies as interesting as possible to 

 you: — it was in the spring of 1832, when I was rambling over the rugged 

 country of Labrador, that my southern friend found the first specimen 

 of this bird, near the banks of the Edista river." 



In referring to Bachman's Warbler (Helminthophila bachmani) , Vol. II, 

 p. 93, Audubon says: "The first obtained was found by him [Bachman] 

 a few miles from Charleston, in South Carolina, in July 1833, while 1 was 

 rambling over the crags of Labrador." 



As Audubon unquestionably visited Labrador in 1833, it will be clearly 

 seen that Swainson's Warbler was taken the same year, and not in 1832 

 as stated by him. Dr. Bachman therefore discovered two Warblers new 

 to science in 1833, which were afterwards lost to science for more than 

 half a century. — Arthur T. Wayne, Mount Pleasant, S. C. 



The Maryland Yellowthroat and Bachman's Finch near Camden, 

 South Carolina, in Winter. — On January 8, 1906, I took a male Mary- 

 land Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) in a little patch of briars and reeds 

 at the side of a road, not far from a small swamp, near Camden, Kershaw 

 County, South Carolina. The bird attracted my attention by frequently 

 uttering its familiar call note. I will not in the field express an opinion 

 upon its varietal status. It has been sent to the United States National 

 Museum where it will no doubt be permanently in evidence. 1 This is the 



1 Since writing the above Mr. Ridgway has informed me that the specimen is 

 typical example of G. t. ignota." 



