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was feeding, and uttering a harsh, gutteral note. At about the same date 

 the previous year, and in the same woods, I heard the note of a Fly- 

 catcher which I supposed to be also of this species. Both of these 

 appeared to be living in the immediate neighborhood, so I judge that they 

 were breeding, although a brief search failed to reveal either nest or mate. 



The two birds mentioned above are the only ones of the species I have 

 ever seen on Long Island, but through the courtesy of Mr. William 

 Dutcher, I am enabled to present the following additional information. 



In 1879, Hon. Theodore Roosevelt published a brief paper entitled 

 'Notes on Some of the Birds of Oyster Bay, Long Island,' in which he 

 savs of the species, "rather common summer resident; much less so than 

 the minimus. Frequents the dry, rather dense woods, keeping in the 

 underbrush and among the lower branches of the trees. In autumn, I 

 have found the curiously-banded young, associating with various warblers ; 

 otherwise they are solitary birds. Is more restless than the trailli. It 

 has a querulous note, sounding like 'queech,' or 'qu-eech,' which it utters 

 repeatedly and rapidly." 



In 18S8, Mr. Alfred Marshall found the bird breeding. Following is a 

 copy of a letter written by him to Mr. Dutcher. He says, "I enclose letter 

 of Capt Bendire, identifying the eggs and nest as Acadian Flycatcher. 

 They were found June 17, 18SS, at Northport, L. I. The nest was placed 

 in a dogwood tree, about ten or twelve feet from the ground. It was in 

 quite deep woods and about one hundred yards from a grass field. The 

 nest is composed of bark of cedar, and is lined with weeds. The bird was 

 very shy, and it was about an hour before I saw her at all." 



From the records I have given, it will be seen that the Acadian Fly- 

 catcher is apparently confined on Long Island, to the heavily wooded 

 districts of the north shore, where it is a regular and perhaps not un- 

 common resident. 



Helminthophila chrysoptera. — Mr. J. P. Giraud, Jr., in his 'Birds of 

 Long Island,' published in 1844, says of this bird : "On Long Island this 

 species occurs only in small numbers, and according to my observations, 

 is not an annual visitor." Since the publication of Mr. Giraud's work, I 

 know of no published records of this species. I have myself secured but 

 one specimen. This was a fine male which I killed at Parkville, Kings 

 Co., on May 11, 1893; it was shot from a low limb in the tall woods, 

 where it had apparently just alighted from a more or less extended flight. 



There is a single specimen in the Lawrence collection, a male, col- 

 lected by J. F. Ward, Aug. 15, 1831. 



Mr. Roosevelt, in the paper previously referred to, says that he has 

 "shot it but once, May 10, 187S." 



Mr. Dutcher has one specimen in his collection, which was presented 

 to him by Mr. John D. Hicks. It is a male, and was killed at Old West- 

 bury, Queens Co., in the spring of 18S0. 



Helminthophila peregrina. — In 'The Auk' for April, 1889 (page 138), 

 Mr. William Dutcher has given the only records of this bird from Long 



