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shot many years ago, and knows what he is talking about. One specimen 

 was in the possession of the late Mr. Redmond, whose collection of birds 

 I have been unable to locate, and the other bird is supposed to be in the 

 collection of mounted birds now in the possession of a Mr. Bates of Brides- 

 burg, Philadelphia. 



The rarity of this species on the Delaware River is at once apparent 

 when it is known to be an extremely rare straggler east of the Alleghanies. 

 The only record of its occurrence in this region is of a bird shot in August, 

 1851, by John Krider on the marshes below Philadelphia, which is now in 

 the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. (Stone, Birds of East- 

 ern Pennsylvania and New Jerse}', p. 105.) 



As I am hunting up data on the status of the Yellow-headed Blackbird 

 in this locality, I may be able to report more fully upon the authenticity 

 of these two occurrences of this rare bird at another time, this note being 

 written principally to attract the attention of ornithologists to the occur- 

 rence of the above two birds, so as to secure if possible further information 

 on these doubtful (?) records. — Richard F. Miller, Harrowgate, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. 



Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus in Eastern Cuba. — I beg to report 

 that two specimens of the Yellow-headed Blackbird have been in the yard 

 at San Carlos Estate, Guantanamo, Cuba, for two weeks, where they come 

 daily with a band of Ptiloxina atroviolacea and Agelaius assimilis, to eat 

 oats with the barn fowl. This is the first record for eastern Cuba accord- 

 ing to Dr. Gundlach, who says in his work on Cuban Ornithology, that he 

 knows only of one specimen, which was seen in the market at Havana, 

 among birds that were shot for marketing. — Charles T. Ramsden, 

 Guanlanamo, Cuba. 



Additional Records of the Evening Grosbeak in Pennsylvania. — 



I have recently purchased for my collection two mounted specimens of 

 the Evening Grosbeak which were captured near La Anna, Pike Co., Pa., 

 during the winter of 1889-90. The gentleman who had these specimens 

 shot them from a flock of 15-20 and had them mounted. They remained 

 in his possession until I saw them and, recognizing the rarity of the birds, 

 secured them from him. They are a male and female in adult winter 

 plumage and form desirable additions to the meagre list of captures re- 

 corded from this State. — Richard C. Harlow, State College, Pa. 



The Seaside Sparrow (Passcrhcrhulus maritimus marilimas) Breeding 

 on the Coast of Georgia near Savannah. — Mr. Gilbert R. Rossignol, Jr., 

 of Savannah sent me four specimens of Seaside Sparrows for identification 

 last summer and which were breeding on Cabbage Island, Warsaw Sound. 

 I have compared these birds, which were taken in May, with specimens 

 of P. m. 7nacgillivraii from Charleston taken in autumn, winter, spring 



