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The Song of Helminthophila leucobronchialis. — At Englewood, New 

 Jersey, on May 11,1890, I saw and positively identified an apparently 

 typical individual of Helminthophila leucobronchialis. Being fortunately 

 without a gun I was spared the temptation of shooting, and during the 

 ten or fifteen minutes which the bird was under my observation I had the 

 pleasure of hearing it sing many times, even seeing it open its bill in the 

 act of song. This song exactly resembled the rising and falling tsc notes 

 of //. pinus but was slightly weaker than the average song of that 

 species. — Frank M. Chapman, American Museum of Natural History, 

 New York City. 



Dendroica caerulea again in the District of Columbia. — On May 5, 

 [888, I had the pleasure of capturing the first Cerulean Warbler taken 

 in the vicinity of Washington (see 'The Auk' Vol. V, No. 3, p. 323). 

 I took a second specimen, a female, on May n, 1S90, on the Vir- 

 ginia side of the Potomac. The bird was in the thick woods on top of a 

 high ridge, and was shot without the least idea as to its true identity, it 

 being taken for a Parula Warbler. — E. M. IIasbrouck, Washington, D. C. 



Cistothorus stellaris at Washington, D. C. — Up to the present date five 

 species of the Troglodytidaj have been taken at Washington. These are : 

 Troglodytes aedou, T. hicmalis, Thryolhorus ludoviciauus, T. beivickii, 

 and Cistothorus palustris, all of which are common with the exception ot 

 Bewick's Wren, of which species three, I believe, have been taken. To 

 this list I would add a sixth species, a single female Short-billed 

 Marsh Wren having been taken on May 9, 1S90. The species has been 

 expected to occur here for years, there being no apparent reason why it 

 should not be found, but thus far all attempts to secure it have been un- 

 successful. The bird was evidently a thoroughly tired migrant that had 

 stopped to rest, as it was found in the very place where one would least 

 expect it, — a swampy little ravine thickly grown with young trees and 

 skunk cabbage, and some little distance removed from any suitable local- 

 ity. The bird was entirely alone, as I searched carefully for any other 

 stragglers, and it was so exhausted that I had little difficulty in capturing 

 it. — E. M. Hasbkouck, Washington, D. C. 



Capture of the Hudsonian Chickadee in Worcester County, Mass. — A 

 specimen of this species {Parus hudsonicus) was taken in a low swampy 

 tract in North Ashburnham, Mass., during a blinding snowstorm, March 

 17, 1S90. While wading through the snow along an old cart-path in the 

 above-mentioned swamp I thought I detected an unfamiliar chirp in the 

 bushes near by, and presently three dark colored birds appeared in sight. 

 I imitTediateiy fired at the nearest one, but must have missed it, as, with 

 the aid of my setter, I could not find it. In the mean time the other two 

 had disappeared, but following carefully along in the direction they had 

 taken I soon found them again, and secured one with the right barrel, 

 but the other shell missed fire, but a friend with me, from whom the other 



