104 General Notes. [j^ 



Hooded Warbler at Boston, Mass. — On October 2, in walking around 

 the Boston Public Garden looking for migratory birds, as is my custom, 

 I met a friend who told me she had just seen a " strange Uttle warbler with 

 a black bib and cap which were connected by a band on the side of the 

 head," but she had lost sight of him. We searched for him but could not 

 find him. 



The next day I met her again and we found the bird in the same location 

 as the day before and were sure that it was a Hooded Warbler {Wilsonia 

 mitrata.) While we were standing there Mr. E. H. Forbush passed through 

 the garden. I gave him my field glasses that he might see the bird and he 

 confirmed our identification. 



The little stranger did not seem to be a bird of the tree tops as at no time 

 did I see him more than two thirds up in the trees but his favorite place was 

 in the lower branches flitting in and out with an occasional drop to the 

 flower beds below. He was in full plumage and easy to find as the graceful 

 opening and closing of his tail distinguished him at once. 



The maple trees where he made his stay are on the edge of a path where 

 people are passing to and fro all day long, yet he paid no attention to them 

 and kept on with his hunt for food. My friend heard him one morning 

 give his clear bright song, and I heard his call note many times. We studied 

 him every day and notified many bird students so that they might enjoy 

 the unusual opportunity with us. 



He remained in the garden eleven days. After he had been there about 

 three days a storm set in of rain and dense fog, which lasted a week. He 

 was seen on the twelfth of October, but the morning of the thirteenth was 

 fair and I was unable to find him so that it would appear that he was held 

 there by the inclement weather and took advantage of the first clear night 

 to start on his long flight southward. — Ida G. Jenkins, Boston, Mass. 



Hooded Warbler at Nahant, Mass. — On the afternoon of August 30, 

 1913, in company with Messrs. Albert Richards and Lawton W. Lane, while 

 walking leisurely through one of the estates at East Point, Nahant, our 

 attention was attracted to a warbler new to us all. It proved to be a male 

 Hooded Warbler {Wilsonia mitrata) in full plumage. 



The bird was very active but not shy and allowed us to watch it at close 

 range as it flitted from one shrub to another in pursuit of insects. The 

 black markings of the head contrasted with the yellow gave the bird a 

 striking appearance and when on the wing the tail was spread displaying 

 the white outer tail feathers. At no time did we observe the bird more 

 than six or seven feet from the ground. Although I had been unable to 

 find the species recorded from Essex County, Dr. Charles W. Townsend 

 tells me that he has one record. — George M. Busier, Lynn, Mass. 



Sozae Rare Birds at Hamilton, Kansas. — I have in my collection of 

 birds several specimens which I think worthy of record in view of their 

 rarity in Kansas. 



