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These notes would seem to suggest that a close scrutiny of the larger 

 flocks of Shore Larks would show a more frequent visitation of the Long- 

 spurs than is generally supposed. — C. J. Pennock, Kennett Square, Pa. 



White-throated Sparrow in Idaho. — On November 2 last, a pet cat 

 brought in a fine specimen of White-throated Sparrow {Zonotrichia albicollis) 

 which, on skinning, proved to be an immature male. The bird was in 

 good plumage, the white throat and yellow spot before the eyes making its 

 identification absolute, and fortunately the skin was practically undamaged. 



So far as I can learn, this is the first record of the White-throated Spar- 

 row in Idaho. — L. E. Wyman, Nam-pa, Idaho. 



Painted Bunting {Passerina ciris) in Minnesota. — On May 2, 1893, 

 I shot an adult female near Madison, Lac Qui Parle Co., in the south- 

 western part of the state. The skin remained unindentified in my collec- 

 tion until September, 1910, when it was sent to the Biological Survey at 

 Washington where it was examined by Mr. Harry C. Oberholser. — 

 Albert Land, Excelsior, Minn. 



Lawrence's Warbler ( Vermivora lawrencei) in Chester County, Pa. — 



The Serpentine barrens of the southern part of Chester County, Pa., are 

 interesting on account of the presence of Prairie Warblers {Dendroica 

 discolor) among the scattered pine growth, this being apparently the only 

 spot in the county where this species breeds. On June 16, 1911, John D. 

 Carter and myself found them quite abundant and about two miles beyond 

 the barrens in deciduous woods not more than 250 feet above sea level we 

 were surprised to find a Chestnut-sided Warbler (D. pensylvanica) busily 

 engaged in searching for food. 



Next day about three miles west of the barrens and close to Octoraro 

 Creek on a steep hilltop 300 feet elevation we had a clear and continued 

 view of a Lawrence's Warbler ( Vermivora lawrencei) . There was a clearing 

 grown up to deciduous new growth, twenty to thirty feet high. As we 

 entered by a wood road the bird flew up into a large solitary tree by the 

 roadway and we had a clear view of it at a distance of about thirty feet. 

 It remained on the same perch at least three minutes, and sang four or five 

 times — two single high-pitched fine spun inspirations and then three or 

 four shorter notes rapidly uttered to give a trill effect "Tse-e-e-e', Tse-e-e-e-e, 

 Tse Tse Tse Tse." The markings of the head were identical with those 

 of an adult male V. chrysoptera, the body and wing markings those of 

 V. pinus, the combination appearing quite different from the figure in 

 Chapman's " Warblers of North America " but identical with the plate in 

 the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia for 

 1874. — Charles J. Pennock, Kennett Square, Pa. 



A Palm Warbler in winter at Boston, Mass. — In the Arnold 



Arboretum at Jamaica Plain a Palm Warbler (Dendroica palmarum pal- 



