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17, 1906, and one singing bird in Victor, May 22, 1906. Those are the 

 first Ontario County records. 



Dendroica cerulea. — Mr. F. T. Antes and I observed a male of this 

 species at Canandaigua, May 14, 1906. Though this warbler breeds 

 locally in neighboring counties, I believe this is the first Ontario County 

 record. I observed two at Victor, Ontario County, on May 22, 1906. 



Dendroica vigorsii. — On each of the following dates Mr. Antes and I 

 observed a bird of this species at Canandaigua, — April 28, May 6, 7, and 9, 

 1906. There was no Ontario County record formerly. We observed 

 one on June 2 and another on June 3, both singing, in likely breeding 

 places in the vicinity of West River, Yates County. These are the first 

 records for this county. 



Dendroica palmarum. — One observed October 7, 1905, and one May 

 13, 1906, at Canandaigua, are the first Ontario County records. 



Seiurus noveboracensis. — On June 2, 1906, Mr. Antes and I recorded 

 eight birds of this species, seven of which were singing from the swampy 

 woods bordering West River, Yates County. One pair we observed at 

 close range. It would seem that this bird must be a fairly common sum- 

 mer resident there. At Canandaigua the last migrant was observed May 

 16. 



Geothlypis agilis.— Mr. Antes had the good fortune to record a spring 

 migrant of this species at Canandaigua in the early morning of May 29, 

 1906. He followed up an unfamiliar warbler song to a dense but small 

 thicket. After patient waiting he obtained several very near and con- 

 vincing views of a male Connecticut Warbler as it sang. Careful searches 

 in the afternoon of the same day and the next morning failed to reveal 

 this warbler in the near vicinity. Early in the morning of May 31, Mr. 

 Antes and I came upon a Connecticut Warbler in an old, overgrown gar- 

 den about two-thirds of a mile west of the spot where Mr. Antes had 

 observed his bird two days before. Presumably the two observations 

 were of the same bird. While Mr. Antes returned for his gun, I had a 

 half hour in which to study the bird carefully. Its loud song had first 

 made us aware of its presence, and it proved a persistent singer. From 

 a small apple tree in the rear of the garden it flew to a clump of willows 

 standing by itself in an open pasture. I was able to come up to the clump, 

 and, looking within, see the warbler but a few yards from me. The white 

 eye ring was distinct and prominent, and the breast uniform bluish gray. 

 When a pair of Song Sparrows drove it from the clump, it flew to a bushy 

 fence border, and here I had even clearer views of it. Several times I 

 saw it in the act of singing. When Mr. Antes returned it was again back 

 in the thick clump. As it worked towards the edge, he shot. We spent 

 three-quarters of an hour in fruitless search among the close-growing 

 willows, and then gave it up. Though the record is unfortunately not 

 complete, it is none the less positive. 



Certhia familiaris americana. — Two singing Brown Creepers observed 

 along West River, Yates County on June 3, 1906, would seem to indicate 

 a strong probability that this bird breeds there. 



