"^° m4^^^] General Notes. 103 



Two Prothonotary Warblers in Massachusetts. — I w^sh to report 

 the presence of a Prothonotary Warbler {Frolonotaria citrea) in Ipswich, 

 Mass., on Sept. 13, 1913. The bird — a male, I judged, from the brilhancy 

 of its plumage — was associated with a flock of Chickadees near the border 

 of a low-lying, rather moist wood and attracted my attention by a loud, 

 sharp call-note not unlike that of the Water-Thrush. 



This is the first record of the Prothonotary Warbler for Essex County, 

 Mass., and I find in the literature the mention of but twelve birds seen or 

 taken in the State. 



In this connection I take pleasure in adding the record of a Prothonotary 

 Warbler seen in Arhngton, Mass., by Miss Mary E. Hadley on May 21 

 and 22, 1912. This bird appeared with a heavy flight of migrant warblers. 



It sang repeatedly a song suggesting a Water-Thrush and often, ahghting 

 on fence-posts, peered about them as if in search of a nesting site. — WiN- 

 SOR M. Tyler, Lexington, Mass. 



Tennessee Warbler ( Vermivora peregrina) in Massachusetts in 



Autumn. — As the Tennessee Warbler ( Vermivora peregrina) occurs so 

 rarely during the fall in Massachusetts I wish to record the following in- 

 stances of its occurrence at Harvard, Mass., that have come under my 

 observation this fall and last. 



September 9, 1912 a young female shot. 



September 17, 1912 an adult female shot. 



September 14, 1913 a young female shot. 

 AU these bhds are now in my collection. 



In addition to these three definite records may be added that of a bird 

 seen in company with the one shot on September 17, 1912; two seen Sep- 

 tember 9, 1913, and two seen with the bird secured on September 14, 1913. 

 — James L. Peters, Harvard, Mass. 



Mourning Warbler (Oporornis Philadelphia) in Florida.— While 

 visiting the Cerion plantations in the spring of 1913, on the Florida Keys, 

 I had occasion to note the birds seen on and about the various islands 

 between Miami and the Tortugas, and I have sent to Dr. Alfred G. Mayer, 

 Director of the Marine Biological Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution, 

 a short sketch enumerating the birds observed on the various keys, which 

 will be pubUshed in the forthcoming Year Book of the Carnegie Institution. 

 I have also handed a copy of this manuscript to the Biological Survey, 

 beheving the notes therein would be of interest on account of the informa- 

 tion bearing upon bird migration. 



Prof. W. W. Cooke informs me that in this hst I have made a new record 

 for Florida, namely, the Mourning Warbler. This, a Redstart, a Black- 

 poll Warbler, a Florida Yellow-throat, a Water-Thrush, and a Black- 

 throated Blue Warbler, were seen on May 8 drinking from the scanty 

 drippings caused by a shght leak in the water tank at the lighthouse on 

 Sands Key, off Miami. — Paul Bartsch, U. S. National Museum, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



