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Whether or not any special significance attaches to the taking of this 

 bird is problematical. Since chrysoptera and pinus are known to be 

 hybridizing rather freely in certain parts of their breeding range, it is not 

 strange that specimens of the hybrid type should be forthcoming from a 

 locality in their migration route. Doubtless, it is only because actual 

 collecting has become so limited in the eastern United States, that more 

 specimens of this sort have not been recorded. — Wilfrid H. Osgood, 

 U. S. Biological Survey. 



Capture of Lawrence's Warbler on Staten Island, N. Y. — At Richmond, 

 Staten Island, N. Y., on May 11, 1907, I found a Lawrence's Warbler 

 (Helminthophila lawrencei) on some dead bushes out in a dry field. Its 

 black throat and cheeks, sharply contrasted with the rich yellow of its 

 breast and crown, rendered it particularly conspicuous among the other 

 warblers present. Fortunately I was able to verify my observation by 

 shooting the bird, which proved to be a male, of typical color, with two 

 white bars on each wing, washed with yellow, and somewhat wider and 

 more confluent than is usual with the Blue-winged Warbler. — James 

 Chapin, New Brighton, N. Y. 



The Breeding of Brewster's Warbler near Boston. — On May 19, 1907, in 

 the Arnold Arboretum, near Boston, Mass., I heard a bird song which I 

 supposed at first was that of a Golden-winged Warbler. Upon investiga- 

 tion, I found the bird on a low birch tree, feeding and singing by turns. 

 To my surprise, though, it had the broad yellow wing-bars, bluish gray 

 back, and yellow crown which I had expected to see, there was only a 

 narrow black line through the eye, and an entire absence of black on the 

 cheeks and throat, the entire under parts being silky pearl-white. Though 

 I was entirely unfamiliar with Brewster's Warbler in life, I had seen stuffed 

 specimens and had read with much interest the latter-day discussions of 

 its relation to Golden-winged and Blue-winged Warblers. A few days 

 later I was allowed to see, through the kindness of Mr. Walter Deane, 

 Mr. Brewster's specimens of all three species, Helminthophila pinus, Hel- 

 minthopila chrysoptera, and Helminthophila leucobronchialis, among which 

 was the type specimen of leucobronchialis taken by Mr. Brewster in New- 

 tonville, Mass., on May 18, 1870. The resemblance between the type 

 specimen and the bird in the Arboretum, as I remembered it, was absolute, 

 except that there was a very slight wash of yellow on the breast of the 

 type specimen which I had not observed on the living bird. Interest in 

 the Arboretum bird quickly spread and it was soon seen by many other 

 observers, all of whom agreed that it was a Brewster's Warbler; the first 

 record for Massachusetts, I understand, since the taking of the type speci- 

 men thirty-seven years ago. On June 8, a thorough search of the vicinity 

 was made by several of our more expert local ornithologists, and the 

 female, nest, and five eggs were discovered, the nest being located, I believe, 

 by Mr. C. J. Maynard. The nest is on the ground, at the foot of a tiny elm 



