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A Third Autumnal Record of Kirtland's Warbler {Dendroica kirt- 

 landi) for South Carolina. — Early in the morning of October 4, 1910, I 

 heard on Oakland plantation, Christ Church Parish, a peculiar call-note, in- 

 termediate in tone between those of the Prairie Warbler (Dendroica discolor) 

 and Palm Warbler (D. palmar urn). The sound came from among the 

 terminal ends of a very leafy branch of a small live oak tree, but although 

 I was within twenty feet of the sound it was impossible to see the bird. I 

 was satisfied then that it was a Kirtland's Warbler, and convinced when 

 it flew and alighted on a dead branch of another live oak near at hand — 

 but too close to obtain it in perfect condition. The pale yellow under 

 parts and the deliberate wagging of the tail, aside from its large size, made 

 the identification as absolute and conclusive as though it was in my hand. 

 Upon my retreating to secure it in perfect condition the bird flew and lit 

 among hundreds of lavender bushes across a canal. In attempting to 

 enter the place by a circuitous route it flew again and this time out of 

 vision. The pale yellow under parts suggested that it was a female. The 

 bird was entirely alone and, like the one I shot on Octover 29, 1903 (Auk, 

 XXI, 1904, pp. 83, 84), was absolutely fearless. — Arthur T. Wayne, 

 Mount Pleasant, S. C. 



A Mockingbird in Rhode Island. — Miss Julia Herreshoff of Bristol, 

 R. I., communicates to me the following in a letter dated November 8, 

 1910: "The Mockingbird came with the Blackbirds, first noticed March 12 

 (1910). He was near the house for a fortnight and then deserted his 

 black friends for Robins and lived at the Old House (the Herreshoff home- 

 stead next door). I did not see him after July 25 when tenants took pos- 

 session. He was quite friendly though I think by his early coming there 

 was no chance of his being an escaped cage-bird." — Reginald Heber 

 Howe, Jr., Thoreau Museum, Concord, Mass. 



A Pair of Mockingbirds near Boston in 1902. — Concerning the note 

 in the October 'Auk' of 1910 entitled: "The Mockingbird near Boston," 

 signed by Mr. Francis H. Allen of West Roxbury, I would say, that in 

 1902 a pair of Mockingbirds (Mimus polyglottos) built two nests within 

 sight of my home in Roslindale. The male was constantly under our 

 kitchen windows. He entertained us the entire summer, not only with 

 his singing, but also by his gymnastics while doing so. He would frequently 

 light on the ridge-pole of my neighbor's house, and vertically bounce up 

 and down, five to ten feet, singing all the while. He would do this fre- 

 quently eight or ten times in succession. I first noticed the male when the 

 apple trees leaved out, but neglected to record the exact date. 



Shortly afterward he was joined by a female. They built in a large 

 white oak tree situated midway between Congress and Fletcher Streets 

 on Center Street, Roslindale. 



The nest was quite high up. Four young were raised, but were pre- 

 sumably stolen by a laborer who was working on a sewer, then in construe- 





