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pituis. When seen again, June 14, it contained four eggs, two of which 

 were Cowbirds,' which were removed. Those remaining brought forth a 

 pair of birds that, as they left the nest, could not be distinguished from 

 normal young of the female parent, as would be expected, whatever the 

 color of the male. 



The Nashville Warbler probably breeds regularly throughout southern 

 Connecticut and perhaps even in Westchester County, New York, as a 

 pair spent the summer in Woodlawn Cemetery. I took a beautiful set of 

 five fresh eggs in Bridgeport, June 6. The five nests I have seen were 

 found by accident, mostly a few miles inland. In one place at Seymour, 

 and almost within hearing of each other, five or six pairs have regularly 

 nested for several years. With rare exceptions theirs are the best con- 

 cealed nests of our birds. 



The Worm-eating Warbler is a regular summer resident; I have found 

 them in about every swampy or partly inundated wood, especially if with 

 a rank growth of skunk cabbage. Twenty-five miles inland in the valleys 

 I have also found them rather common, and breeding in the same situa- 

 tions and in kalmia thickets, generally not far from a brook or standing 

 water. 



The Hooded Warbler is common in this vicinity wherever the laurel 

 grows in abundance, but is less so toward the central part (Seymour, 

 etc.). 



White-crowned Sparrows were abundant, in Stratford at least, during 

 the middle of October (14th), and were by no means rare in the preceding 

 May. At the same time in the spring there was also an unusual number 

 of Bay-breasted Warblers, and in the latter part of the month Yellow- 

 bellied Flycatchers. — E. H. Eames, Bridgeport, Connecticut. 



On the Occurrence of Three Rare Birds on Long Island, New York. — 

 Strix pratincola. — Mr. Wm. Conselyea of Brooklyn has a mounted 

 specimen in his possession, which I examined and identified a short time 

 ago, and which he has permitted me to record. He shot it at Hicks 

 Beach, Long Island, about January 10, 1S92. Mr. Conselyea was walk- 

 ing along the beach about four p.m. when he saw a large bird flying 

 steadily and noiselessly over the sand hills towards him. He shot the 

 bird, which makes the fourth record from Long Island 1 . 



Helminthophila celata. — This bird has been recorded from a number of 

 localities in the Atlantic States, but never from Long Island. The 

 nearest approach to our limits is found in a specimen taken at Hoboken, 

 N. J., in May, 1865, by Charles S. Galbraith [Amer. Mus. coll. no. 

 39,669]. Dr. Edgar A. Mearns 2 refers to it as a "rare migrant" in the 

 Hudson River valley, and cites a specimen from Highland Falls, N. Y., 



1 For previous records see Auk, III, 439 ; V, 180; VIII, 114. 



2 'A List of the Birds of the Hudson Highlands,' Bull. Essex Inst. 1878, 



