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same specimen I am thoroughly satisfied, having lately seen Mr. Rackliff 

 and learned that this is the same bird which he sent to Mr. Ridgway, and 

 that he has never shot any other specimen in Maine nor elsewhere. It is 

 evident that the source of erroneous date is not with Mr. Ridgway. 



Spiza americana. — The Westbrook specimen and record is preceded by 

 Mr. Charles W. Townsend's Job's Island specimen, recorded in 'The Auk,' 

 Vol. II, Jan., 1885, p. 106. — Arthur H. Norton, Westbrook, Me. 



The Plumbeous Vireo in Central New York. — On September 24, 1893, 

 I shot an adult female Vireo solitarius flumbeus at Peterboro, Madison 

 Co., N. Y. The bird was feeding, just at sunset, among some old apple 

 trees together witl* Robins, Chipping Sparrows, a few Warblers, and a 

 Downy Woodpecker or two. Its motions seemed excessively deliberate 

 even for a Vireo, though on dissection it proved to be in excellent condi- 

 tion, fully adult and moderateh' fat. In plumage the specimen is perfectly 

 typical, agreeing in every way with Rocky Mountain examples with which 

 I have compared it. On the other hand, it is much smaller than any of 

 the western birds that I have seen, measuring: wing, 2.93; tail, 2.27; tar- 

 sus, 0.70; bill from nostril, 0.28 inch, thus well within the average of 

 true Vireo solitarius. The form of the bill also agrees with that of the 

 eastern bird, being much more slender than in the average flumbeus, 

 though it is approached by some individuals of the latter race. 



I am not now prepared to discuss the significance of these peculiarities, 

 and the bird may for the present stand as above. 



So far as I am aware this is the first record of the occurrence of the 

 Plumbeous Vireo beyond the limits of its usual range. — Gerrit S. 

 Miller, Jr., Cambridge, Mass. 



Dendroica striata in Summer at Washington, D. C. — July 30, 1893, I 

 shot an adult male Black-poll Warbler. The earliest record for the fall 

 migration that I am aware of is Sept. 1, 18S9. — Edward J. Brown, 

 Washington, D. C. 



Helminthophila leucobronchialis. — On July 1, 1893,1 found an adult 

 H. leucobronchialis with two young in a small tract of alder swamp and 

 woodland of North Haven, Conn. They were little disturbed at my 

 presence, and I watched them carefully for some time. The adult fed 

 both young at short intervals, leaving little doubt of its relationship to 

 them. On July 4, they were still in the same locality, and I collected all 

 three. Possibly the remainder of the family had been killed, as a careful 

 search on both days through the adjacent country failed to disclose any 

 other member of the genus Helminthophila. 



Decomposition was so far advanced before I could prepare the adult 

 that I was unable to determine its sex. The fact that it never sang while 

 I was watching it, together with the generally dull color of its plumage, 

 lead me to think it a female. 



