1890.] Ralph and Bagg, Birds of Oneida County, New York. 2 2Q 



Spiza americana. — A single immature male shot from a mixed flock of 

 small Sparrows feeding in an asparagus bed, on September 30, 1889, is 

 my only Cape Cod record of this species. 



Thoreau in speaking of this part of the Cape ('Cape Cod,' p. 120) 

 says: "Of birds not found in the interior of the State — at least in my 

 neighborhood — I heard, in Summer, the Black-throated Bunting (Frin- 

 oilla Americana} amid the shrubbery.'' This was in 1855 (1. c, p. 1) and 

 it is very possible that the bird was more common there then than now. 

 If the species breeds at all near Highland Light at present, it must be 

 a very rare occurrence, as I utterly failed to detect it during the breeding 

 season, although, having read Thoreau's note, I was constantly on the 

 lookout for it. 



Dendroica palmarum. — Two specimens taken on September 23, 1SS9, 

 and another on the 24th of the same month, are the only specimens of 

 the Western form of the Palm Warbler that I have met with at Highland 

 Light. Dendroica palmarum hypochrysea was quite common from Octo- 

 ber 2 to 12 in iSSS, and in 1SS9 arrived on October 6 and remained fairly 

 common until the time of my departure from High Land on October 15. 

 These individuals of palmarum were much less shy than the average 

 hypochrysea, but otherwise I noticed nothing peculiar in their habits. 



Polioptila cserulea. — An adult female was secured on October 9, 1SS9. 

 The bird was feeding among some small pines not over four feet high, in 

 company with a small flock of Dendroica corona ta, Sitla canadensis and 

 Spinus tristis, and is the only one that I have met with on Cape Cod. 



ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF ONEIDA 

 COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



BY WILLIAM L. RALPH AND EGBERT BAGG. 



Since the publication of our local list* in 1S86, we have de- 

 voted a much larger portion of our attention to the western part of 

 the County, the eastern end of Oneida Lake. We have also had 

 during the past four years the benefit of the observations of Mr. 

 VV. P. Shepard of Utica and Mr. R. J. Hughes of Remsen, both 

 students at Hamilton College at Clinton. The results of the time 

 since 1SS6 will be found in the following notes. 



Transactions ofthe Oneida Historical Society, Vol. Ill, 1886, pp. 101-147. 



