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year, but unfortunately the evidence is not certain enough to establish 

 a record. A lady and gentleman noticed a pair of small birds which had 

 a nest in a hole in an apple tree rather late in the season. They did not 

 think they were Chickadees, and no House Wrens were seen in the village 

 this summer. The matter did not come to the writer's knowledge until 

 after the young had flown. Residents of Kingston say that the Carolina 

 Wren has been seen in the village before, but not for several years. The 

 writer is certain from personal observation that it could not have been 

 there in 1907. — Leon J. Cole, New Haven, Conn. 



The Carolina Wren (Thyothorus ludovicianus) at Falmouth, Maine. — 

 On October 3, 1908, a male Carolina Wren was taken at Underwood Springs, 

 Falmouth, Maine, by Mr. Arthur H. Norton, and is preserved in the collec- 

 tion of the Portland Society of Natural History. It had been seen in the 

 vicinity for some weeks previous to its capture, first attracting my atten- 

 tion on August 18, 1908, near the shore at Tawn landing, about an eighth 

 of a mile from Underwood Springs. It was then associated with Robins, 

 Chipping and Song Sparrows. It gave one form of its song, and its alarm 

 note several times. It disappeared in a few moments, but returned to the 

 same locality for two succeeding mornings, at about the same hour of the 

 day. 



It was not seen or heard again until about the middle of September, 

 when its song was heard several times, but the bird was not seen. On 

 September 22 it was seen in the same locality of its first appearance, and 

 that day gave several variations of its song, and was very active and 

 alert. From that time it was watched with great interest each day until 

 the day it was taken. 



During this period it was constantly in company with large numbers of 

 Robins, Cedar-birds, Chipping, Song and White-throated Sparrows, War- 

 blers, Vireos, Kinglets, Chickadees, Thrushes, Nuthatches, Brown Creepers, 

 Purple Finches, Juncos, and Downy Woodpeckers: it seemed never to 

 leave their proximity, though keeping near the shore, in shrubs and tangles 

 about the vacant cottages. 



It evidently remained within the small range of Tawn landing and 

 Underwood Springs, a range of about an eighth of a mile in length and of 

 small width, as it could be found at any time in some part of this section, 

 with the same band of migrants. — Mrs. Ernest Brewer, Woodfords, 

 Maine. 



Capture of the Short-billed Marsh Wren (Cistothorus stellaris) on Long 

 Island, N. Y. — On Sept. 12, 1908, I secured an immature female of this 

 species, at Freeport. The bird associated with a few Long-billed Marsh 

 Wrens in the reeds bordering a small pool of water, where the salt marshes 

 join the mainland. — J. A. Weber, Palisades Park, N. J. 



Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila c&rulea) in Washington County, 

 N. Y. — On Aug. 12, 1908, I collected an adult female of this species, in a 



