1913 I ' '•' '" '"' 585 



The male appeared to roo I in 01 near a ra pberrj patch not far from the 

 ;,t <,n rare occasion heard from irerj nearly 



i hi ame lo< at ion. 



The ong il ell wa ubjecl to con iderable variation; in one pha 



• lo ely followed, the chang mple repetition 



of the closing notes. I n the second phase, th<- final not< 

 elaborated, suggesting a canary's mosl beautiful tones, only infinitely 

 richer and finer. This pha e wa heard on ind on neither 



of tli' did I hear the I 



The weather evidently ha little influence upon the song, thechiel 

 connected with il seeming to be the itag< ol the reproducl at a 



given time A. J, Stoves, CorvaUi , Oregon. 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak Breeding at Wheeling, West Virginia 

 I .'.i li to record the ne ting and ucce ful raising ol a brood of young of 

 the Rose-brea ted Grosbeak {Zamelodia ludoviciana) in a jmall English 

 thorn tree in our front yard during May, 1912. 'I hi-, year (1913) 

 during the month of June a pair of this san ed in a ch< 



tree in the fronl yard ol my brother-in-law on the opposite side of the 

 I' Lane Thu bird has become a frequent visitor in the spring 



earl} nimmer and its shrill familiar voice is often heard along the 

 - II at along Wheeling Creek near Elm Grove, W. Va. — 

 EioBEBi B. McLain, Wheeling, W. Va 



The Orange-crowned Warbler at Englewood, N. J. On M 



Me -i Nicholas I Lent en, 8. V. LaDow and I spent the whole day in the 



field around Englewood, N J. Birds of all kii more abundant than 



had ever p While exploring an apple orchard 



near Bergenfield, N. J., Mr. LaDow sudden] ention by 



thing thai look.-, like a Tennessee!" The 



bird, however, promptly disappeared. A few minutes later 1 heard an 



unfamiliar song, and following it up, I was pie ee an Orange- 



aed Warbler ; Vermivora celata celata) in full Bong, ju-.t above my head 



dead twig of one of the apple trees. The firsl thing I noticed 



the greenish underparts with fainl du ky >n the br< 



net from the bright yellow of the Nashville and the pure white of the 

 i Warbler. The nexl thing I noticed was thai there wa do 

 white superciliary stripe, and the color of the undi ircely differed 



from thai of the upperparte. Th< distinct and < 



'hi/,, 'hip, chlp-chippee, chlppee-chlppee tin bout 



first three. The bird was under observation in bright 

 sunlight for ten minutes, and the whole party were equipped with power- 

 ful binoculars. — Lorn Veu York City 



The Louisiana Water-Thrush in Sudbury, 



Massachusetts. — On May 21, 1913, in the afternoon of a I in 



