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hand, and past this the old birds were obliged to squeeze while entering 

 and leaving. The nest proper was a foot or so further along. I cannot see 

 how the young birds could exist for a day without being partially roasted. 

 They must have had to endure over 150 degrees of heat. — A. Brazier 

 Howell, Covina, Cal. 



Swainson's Warbler ( Helinaia swainsoni) at Guantanamo, Cuba. — 



I shot a male of Swainson's Warbler on January 18, 1914, in the heavy timber 

 at the San Carlos Plantation, Guantanamo, Cuba. The bird was feeding 

 on the ground among the dry leaves, was not a bit shy, and in fine plumage. 

 This is the first record for this end of the island, and the second for Cuba; 

 the other being by Gundlach at Cojimar near Havana, on the north coast. — 

 Chas. T. Ramsden, Guantanamo, Cuba. 



Magnolia Warbler in Colorado. — I secured a male of this species 

 Dendroica magnolia in Denver, Colo., on May 20, 1913. This is a rare 

 warbler in this state; and it is interesting to see that all the previous records, 

 numbering six, show the birds as occuring in May, between the 17th and 

 the 22nd, the single exception being May 12. — W. H. Bergtold, Denver, 

 Colo. 



Canadian Warbler in Colorado. — A female of this species, Wilsonia 

 canadensis, was shot by the writer at Parker, Colo., on Sept. 9, 1913. 

 Parker is about fifteen miles east of the 'foothills,' and nearly sixty miles 

 west of the only other locality in the state where this warbler has been 

 seen, to wit, Lake, Lincoln Co., where it was reported by Aiken as seen and 

 shot, on May 23, 1899. — W. H. Bergtold, Denver, Colo. 



The Short-billed Marsh Wren {Cistothorus stellaris) on Long Island 

 in Winter. — On December 28, 1913, Messrs. George W. Hubbell, Jr., 

 Nicholas F. Lenssen and I were at Jones Beach, Long Island, for the 

 purpose of studying waterfowl. During the afternoon, while searching 

 for Myrtle Warblers and sparrows in a large tract of bay-berry bushes 

 Mr. Lenssen foimd a bird unknown to him, which proved to be a Short- 

 billed Marsh Wren. It was perched on a bush about a foot from the 

 ground eyeing us with great curiosity. The bird by its actions was haK- 

 dead with the cold, as it permitted the three of us to approach within four 

 feet, and finally flew away passing between two of us who were not more 

 than two feet apart. It was finally stunned with a bay-berry stick and 

 caught alive. This is the fourth record of the occurrence of this species on 

 Long Island, and so far as I know, the first winter record for New York 

 state. The specimen is now in the American Museum of Natural History. " 



— Ludlow Griscom, New York City. 



The Red-bellied Nuthatch {Sitta canadensis) Feeding among Weeds. 



— The Red-breasted Nuthatch occurred in unprecedented abundance in 



