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\\x\VL\\iitA fiy it plumage but with fully developed wings. The tail is shorter 

 and less deeply forked than in old birds and the rectrices are worn and 

 faded. Mr. Scott assures me that the data just quoted are in every way 

 correct. He remembers the bird prefectly but had supposed it to be a 

 young White-bellied Swallow which, indeed, it resembles rather closely 

 but from which it may be at once distinguished by its much narrower 

 tail feathers and by the lighter, grayer coloring of its head and back. It 

 is, I believe, the second specimen which has occurred within the limits 

 covered by our Check-List and the first that has been taken on the main- 

 land of Florida. — William Brewster, Cambridge, Mass. 



Geothlypis agilis a Possible Breeder in Northern Minnesota. — There 

 are points in common between the Carberry bog of Mr. Ernest E. 

 Thompson (see Seton in 'The Auk,' April, 1884, p. 192) and one visited 

 by the writer in the spring of 1893, near Hickory, Aitkin County, Minne- 

 sota, where several pairs were nesting, or at least had taken up their 

 residence for the season. 



With reference to the actual taking or discovery of nest and eggs of 

 this bird, it is believed that the Manitoba record still remains unique. 



Mr. Oscar B. Warren is of the opinion, however, that the Connecticut 

 Warbler nests near Palmer, Michigan, a fledgling young being taken there 

 by him on Aug. 10, 1S94.' 



Near Hickory there are many tamarack swamps, but of the several 

 inspected one only appeared suitably attractive for the needs of this shy 

 bird, perhaps one of the least known of our Warblers, and so no doubt by 

 his retiring and terrestrial habits and usually quiet ways, which render easy 

 observation difficult. But to one quite familiar with its characteristic song 

 or notes no such difficulty should exist, for agilis, as its name implies, is 

 but seldom seen. The clean cut notes, the Wheat ! our-winter-rvheat ! oi 

 this lusty songster, with the author thereof in evidence, once heard and 

 seen will surely ever afterwards be remembered. 



A mile or more south of Hickorv is a typical spruce bog; it begins 

 at the Mille Lacs post-road on the east and extends in a westerly direc- 

 tion possibly three-quarters of a mile, its greatest width being about one- 

 eighth of a mile. 



At the eastern end of the bog the trees are mainly of a young growth of 

 the black spruce {Picea madiana) arranged in an open and park-like 

 way and presenting a landscape unusually attractive and pleasant to look 

 upon in the beauty of natural detail. The western extremity was largely 

 given up to tamaracks. Many of the spruces were "grizzled with moss" 

 {Usiiea), and the ground beneath them covered by a dense growth of 

 sphagnum, with here and there occasional patches of pitcher-plants. 



It was here on the morning of June 21 that I first discovered my 

 songsters, their loud and cheerful notes penetrating the then clear air, 



' See ' The Auk ', April, 1S95, p. 192. 



