VOl 'l909 VI ] Deane, History of Townsend's Bunting. 269 



writes me that a pair made their home near his house at Newport 

 last summer, and mentions April 19, 1908, as an early date. This 

 year he has had two in the same place since March 24. 



Connecticut. — Mr. A. W. Honvwill, Jr., reported in 'Bird Lore 

 Census' 1 a Carolina Wren seen at New Haven on December 25, 



1908. Mr. C. H. Pangburn 2 found two Wrens in the same local- 

 ity at New Haven on December 29, and shot one there on January 2, 



1909. Dr. Bishop, in his letter above referred to says: "Mr. 

 Dwight B. Pangburn tells me that he or his brother, Clifford, have 

 seen as many as three at one time this past winter in the region 

 mentioned in 'The Auk'; but that none have been seen since 

 March 10." 



I wish to thank the numerous observers who have kindly put 

 their records at my disposal, and have made this report possible. 



SOME ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT RELATING TO THE 

 HISTORY OF TOWNSEND'S BUNTING. 3 



BY RUTHVEX DEANE. 



Through the kindness of the late Mrs. Lucy Audubon Wil- 

 liams, 4 I am enabled to add a more detailed account of the capture 

 of this unique specimen, as furnished to Audubon by Dr. John K. 

 Townsend 5 on September 27, 1833. Audubon's first mention of 

 this bird (Orn. Biog., Vol. II, 1834, p. 183, pi. 400; Vol. V, 1839, 

 p. 90) merely states that it was discovered in the vicinity of Phila- 

 delphia, and it is not a little strange that he did not give such details 



> Bird Lore, Vol. XI, 1909, p. 22. 



2 Auk, Vol. XXVI, 1909, p. 195. 



3 Spiza toumsendii (Aud.), A. O. U. Check-List of North American Birds, second 

 edition, p. 331, 1895. Hypothetical List. "Its peculiarities cannot be accounted 

 for by hybridism, nor probably by individual variation." 



4 Mrs. Lucy Audubon Williams, born June 30, 1838; died February 21, 1909 



5 Dr. John Kirk Townsend, born October 10, 1809; died February 6, 1851. 



