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The previous local records seem to have been but three, one being a 

 spring record, May 12, 1900 (Journ. Maine Orn. Soc, VI, p. 55). The 

 other two were Sept. 20, 1896 (Bull. 3, Univ. of Maine), and Sept. 25, 1897 

 {Journ. Maine Orn. Soc, VI, p. 55). 



The- present specimen considerably extends the known period of migra- 

 tion. — Arthur H. Norton, Portland, Me. 



The Prothonotary Warbler in Colorado. — In "May or June, 1900," 

 Mr. B. G. Voigt (deceased) shot a Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria 

 citrea) between Palmer Lake and Monument, Colo. In "May, 1902" he 

 shot two more specimens of the same species on the Arkansas River about 

 two miles east of Pueblo, Colo. I examined and identified these three 

 birds, and while doing so was struck with the paleness of the bill, corre- 

 sponding to the fall and winter plumage of this species. I thereupon sent 

 one of the birds to Mr. Ridgway, who writes that there is in the Museum 

 collections a specimen in this plumage which was taken as early as July 

 28, and who thinks that the dates "May " and "June," as given to me, 

 are certainly erroneous. I cannot vouch for these dates, nor is it possible 

 now to confirm the note which Mr. Voigt gave me shortly before his death. 

 This establishes another new species for Colorado. — A. H. Felger, Denver, 

 Colo. 



' Helminthophila lawrencei' near the District of Columbia. — On May 12th 

 the last, I took a warbler of the hybrid 'lawrencei' type on Plummer 

 Island, Maryland, near the camp of the Washington Biologists' Field 

 Club. It is a high plumaged male, which for convenience may be desig- 

 nated as lawrencei, although it evidently differs widely from the type. 

 As no other specimens of lawrencei are at hand, I am unable to judge 

 with accuracy how far this differs from previous examples which have 

 been taken. Judging from descriptions and figures, however, it appears 

 to be much more similar to H. chrysoptera than most of those that have 

 been recorded under the name lawrencei. It is distinctly grayish about 

 the shoulders, sides of neck, and sides of body. The middle of the belly 

 and posterior underparts are creamy yellowish, leaving only the central 

 part of the breast from the black throat posteriorly clear yellow, and even 

 this is of a more subdued greenish tone than in H. pinus. The nape, 

 scapulars, and rump, though largely yellowish green, are partly grayish 

 throughout. The chin and the anterior part of the malar stripes are 

 yellowish, and the feathers of the black throat-patch are slightly tipped 

 with yellow. The wing bars are almost as distinct as in pinus but their 

 color is yellow as in chrysoptera and the secondaries are broadly edged with 

 greenish. The crown is yellow becoming greenish posteriorly. The only 

 whitish markings are the posterior half of the malar stripe and a short 

 stripe behind the upper border of the eye corresponding to the superciliary 

 stripe which in chrysoptera extends nearly or quite to the base of the bill. 

 The lores and auriculars are black, practically as in chrysoptera. 



