1912 J General Notes. 105' 



Another Record of the Philadelphia Vireo from Long Island, N. Y 



— On the morning of September 4, 1911, at Freeport, Long Island, I 

 was " beating out " a tract of bushes on a salt marsh, in hope of seeing 

 again a Migrant Shrike which I had flushed there the night before. The 

 small growth fairly teemed with birds, but much to my disappointment 

 the shrike was not to be found. When about to leave I noticed, feeding 

 in the top of one of the taller bushes in company with some Red-eyes, a 

 pair of small Vireos that I did not recognize. I collected one of the little 

 fellows and great was my joy when unpacking the skin to find it to be a fine 

 female specimen of the Philadelphia Vireo ( Vireosylva philadelphica) . 



This bird, which is probably the fifth record from Long Island, and first 

 since 1901, is in the collection of the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute. — 

 Henry Thurston, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Bachman's Warbler in Camden Co. and Breeding in Chatham 

 Co., Georgia. — Under the above title Mr. Isaac F. Arnow records in 

 ' The Auk,' Vol. XXV, October, 1908, p. 479, Bachman's Warbler ( Vermi- 

 vora hachmani) breeding at Savannah. These eggs, three in number, 

 were found by Mr. Gilbert R. Rossignol, Jr., who, however, was extremely 

 doubtful as to their identity, as he saw no bird. 



Mr. Rossignol sent me the eggs for positive determination and, upon 

 their reception, one glance was sufficient to disprove Mr. Arnow's identifi- 

 cation, for they are unmistakably and unquestionably eggs of Swainson's 

 Warbler (Helinaia swainsoni). I, however, compared them critically 

 with two sets of Vermivora hachmani representing extremes — largest and 

 smallest — that were in my collection, and which I took near Charleston, 

 and the difference was appreciable at a glance. Mr. Arnow says that the 

 eggs of Swainson's Warbler are without gloss. The fact is the eggs are 

 often very glossy. Mr. Rossignol had nothing whatever to do with the 

 identification of the supposed eggs of Bachman's Warbler, as he was merely 

 the owner, and I may add that my identification is free from bias. — 

 ''\ Wayne, Mount Pleasant, S. C. 



Dendroica aestiva Captured by a Spider. — In the early part of 

 September my friend. Otto Helwig, wliile crossing a piece of brush land 

 on the edge of town, flushed a Yellow Warbler, which flew against a big 

 spider-web stretched across a bush, and became entangled with wings 

 spread out against the web. As the bird struggled to free itself, the spider 

 (a large black one with yellow markings) ran down the web and at once 

 began to bind its victim, by running back and forth across its body and 

 wings and weaving its silken strands from side to side, completely tying 

 the bird to the web. At this point Mr. Helwig stepped up, the spider 

 dropped into the bush, the bird was released, soon revived and flew off. — ■ 

 Henry' K. Coale, Highland Park, III. 



The Louisiana Water-Thrush and Broad-winged Hawk in South- 

 ern New Jersey. — In Mr. Stone's recent work on New Jersey birds the 



