u ",„^ x | General Notes. 113 



I was unable to gel near enough to the bird to examine if closely, for 



while by its actions e\ Idenl l\ lost and confused, it was still shy, and 1 shut 



it on the supposition* thai it would prove to be in all probability a stray 

 Crested Flycatcher. This species has been but seldom seen east of the 

 Mississippi River; being, 1 believe, reported in Wisconsin, New York, New 

 Jersey, and Maryland, and once only in New England, a specimen having 



been shot at Elliot, Maine, in October, 1865, by Mr. George E. Brown, as 



reported by Henry A. Purdie in the ' Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological 

 Club 1 \ ol. 1. no. 3, p 73. — F. H. Kennard, Boston, Mass. 



Yellow-headed Blackbird in Virginia. — On August 29, 1912, about 

 C) a. m.. Capt. Wm. T. Abbott, of Chincoteague, Accomac Co., Va., saw 

 two Yellow-headed Blackbirds (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus), male and 



female, in some willow trees along the margin of a fresh water pond on 

 Wallop's [sland. The birds were unknown to him and he shot one, the 

 female, which he presented to me. The place where he found these birds 



was near his truck patch, where there are scattered pine trees and many 

 wax myrtle bushes about marshy spots and fresh water ponds. In this 

 same locality the Boat-tailed (hackles wen' numerous, and 1 also saw sev- 

 eral Red-winged Blackbirds there. 



'Tht- male Yellow-headed Blackbird remained about the place for several 

 days, as ('apt. Abbott saw him on two occasions before 1 left on the 9th 

 of September. 



The stomach of the female was sent to the Biological Survey, Washing- 

 ton, 1). (\ B. 11. Warren, Everhart Museum, Scranton, Pa. 



The Slate-colored Fox Sparrow Breeding in Colorado. — Records 

 of this bird (Passerella iliaca schistacea) for Colorado are not plentiful and 



its whole status is rather unsatisfactory; no doubt due to some extent to its 

 retiring habits and preference for dense and practically impenetrable wil- 

 low and alder thickets. It was formerly supposed that the type specimen 

 was collected in Colorado, but this was found to be an error. 1 Mr. Kidg- 

 way ' states that it breeds in Colorado along 'streams of the mountain 

 parks'; and for some lime this constituted the only record. Since then a 

 number of specimens have been taken, most of them recorded as follows: — 

 "an adult male taken July, L889, at Florissant, by Dr. J. I.. Goodale," 

 " Mr. David Bruce of Brock port , V Y., took one on the Grand River near 

 Glenwood Springs during .bine, L897." - This bird was seen several times 

 ainl was thought to be breeding. There was also a mounted specimen in 

 the " Carter collection taken near the mouth of the Blue River in Grand 

 County, .Inly 5, 1S77, at nearly 7001) feet." 8 



These records, together with an unrecorded pair from the Carter Col- 



i Birds of Colorado, Part I. \v. W. Cooke, t>. 107. 

 ■ Birds of Colorado, Pari il. W. W. Cooke, p. 167. 

 Birds of Colorado, ran III. W. W. Cooke, p. 216. 



