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posed to regard the observation as something of a record. In addition, 

 Mr. Wm. Dutcher, who for many years made a particular study of the 

 birds of Long Island, informed me that up to about ten years ago, when 

 he ceased active field work, he had never seen a Black-throated Green 

 Warbler on Long Island. 



A further investigation, however, revealed the following two records: 

 by Mr. A. H. Helme of Miller Place, L. I. (Abstr. Proc. Linnsean Soc. of 

 N. Y., Nos. 13-14, 1900-1902, p. 19) that the Black-throated Green War- 

 bler "has been found breeding on Long Island"; and by Mr. Theodore 

 Roosevelt in 'Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter' (1908 edition, 

 pages 400-401) where he writes: "It was perhaps due to the same cause 

 (cold and wet season) that so many black-throated green warblers spent 

 June and July 1907 in the woods on our place (Oyster Bay, L. I.); they 

 must have been breeding though I only noticed the males .... The 

 black-throated green warblers have seemingly become regular summer 

 residents of Long Island .... [This bird] as a breeder and summer resident 

 is a newcomer who has extended his range southward." The bird is not 

 mentioned in the earlier (1905) edition of Mr. Roosevelt's book. 



Correspondence with these gentlemen elicited the following replies. 

 From Mr. Helme: "The Black-throated Green Warbler is now one of the 

 most abundant breeding warblers in the vicinity of my home. This year 

 there have probably been not less than fifteen to twenty pairs breeding 

 within a circle of three miles from my house. They have greatly increased 

 in numbers during the last ten years. A few years ago I collected a very 

 pretty set of four eggs near Miller Place. This is the only nest I have 

 been able to find, except a couple of old nests that had done service at an 

 earlier date." From Mr. Roosevelt: "Of course my observations of birds 

 around here have been rather fragmentary. Formerly I never found a 

 Black-throated Green Warbler in summer; but both last summer and 

 this summer they have been among our common warblers thruout 

 the nesting season, and have evidently nested and brought up their young 

 here. In June and July the males were singing in many different places 

 for a radius of certainly six miles from my place." 



These facts would seem to prove that within comparatively few years 

 the Black-throated Green Warbler has extended its range into the northern 

 parts of Long Island at least; and since inquiry among ornithologists has 

 indicated that the present status of the bird on Long Island is little known, 

 I have incorporated in this form what information I could gather on the 

 subject, with the idea that it might be of interest to readers of 'The Auk.' — 

 Clinton G. Abbott, New York City. 



Carolina Wren in Rhode Island. — During the past summer (1908) there 

 have been at least two, and possibly more, Carolina Wrens (Thryothorus 

 ludovicianus) resident at Kingston, R. I. They were not noted until 

 late in July, but were then occasionally seen and constantly heard about 

 until September. There is some reason to believe they bred there this 



