V iS93 X ] General Notes. 2O9 



Continued experience leads me to think that the song of this puzzling 

 bird is not, as has been stated, any criterion by which to distinguish it. 

 Sometimes they sing exactly like chrysoptera, again like pinus, and often 

 have notes peculiar to themselves. A trained ear may find the bird, but it 

 needs the eye to properly identify it. 



At the present writing I am not inclined to believe leucob ronchialis a 

 hybrid, but hope to have more to say on this subject at another time. 



One example only of H. lawreucei has been taken, a male, May 14, 

 1887. The yellow below is not as bright as in some specimens that I 

 have seen from New Haven and Stamford. 



All of the Warblers referred to inhabit similar ground, and, with the 

 exception of laxvrencei, are occasionally taken the same day. It is safe to 

 say that chrysoptera is common here, then in order of abundance come 

 leucobronchialis and pinus, lawreucei being extremely rare. — Jno. H. 

 Sage, Portland, Conn. 



Correction. — On page 90 of the January 'Auk,' under Helminthophila 

 celata, it should be stated that the records quoted are not all there are 

 from the Eastern States, but merely those from the near vicinity of Long 

 Island. Under Tardus alicia? bicknelli, the statement that "I shot two 

 Bicknell's Thrushes on Oct. 5, 1892," is incorrect. The only birds I ever 

 secured on Long Island were those referred to in the second clause as 

 killed in 1889, and the remarks in the first clause refer to those also. — ■ 

 Arthur H. Howell, Brooklyn, Neiv Tork. 



The Occurrence in Summer of Certain Warblers at Beaver. Pennsyl- 

 vania. — The following notes are presented as supplementary to those 

 published in 'The Auk,' Vol. VIII, 1891, pp. 397-399. 



Helminthophila pinus. — A single individual was observed June 16, 1892, 

 making the third record for this locality. 



Geothlypis formosa. — This bird, which I have previously recorded as a 

 rare summer resident, I found to be fairly abundant, in suitable situations, 

 throughout the season of 1891, as well as during the week from June 13 to 

 18, 1892, inclusive, which I spent there, so that it seems not improbable 

 that it was overlooked in previous seasons. Towards the close of May, 

 1891, I discovered a nest, containing one egg, but it was soon afterward 

 invaded by a Cowbird, and deserted. Young out of the nest were found 

 during my visit in 1892. 



Sylvania mitrata. — On June 17, 1892, 1 found a pair feeding their young 

 which had just left the nest. This was at the precise spot where the 

 species had been repeatedly observed during September of both 1890 and 

 1891.— W. E. Clyde Todd, Washington, D. C. 



