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now in my collection. This specimen appears to be the only one known to 

 have occurred in Connecticut. — Jno. H. Sage, Portland, Conn. 



The Acadian Flycatcher in Ontario. — The discovery of this bird {Em- 

 pidonax virescens) in Ontario has long been expected by bird students 

 and reports have at times been made of its occurrence only to be dis- 

 proved when investigated. It is therefore perhaps a little strange that it 

 should turn out to be probably a not uncommon resident of certain parts 

 of the western peninsula of Ontario. 



About fifty miles southeast of Detroit and only a few miles from Lake 

 Erie there was formerly an immense black ash swamp, portions of which 

 are still in existence, and it was in these, where the mosquitoes were of 

 sufficient quantity to feed a large number of Flycatchers, that I found the 

 Acadians on June 8 and 9 of this year. There was an undergrowth of 

 saplings in the swamps and the birds apparently spent their time near the 

 ground. Their conspicuous note attracted my attention at once and it 

 was quite easy to secure specimens for identification. 



I was walking through the country from west to east and as my plans 

 included the covering of about fifteen miles a day, I had not much time for 

 explorations on the side, but after finding these birds in two places about 

 ten miles apart, I am convinced that there must be many other localities 

 in that district where they nest. One of the specimens taken was a female 

 with an egg almost ready for extrusion. — W. E. Saunders, London, Ont. 



European Starling Nesting at Princeton, New Jersey. — A pair of Euro- 

 pean Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) nested in a large willow by the side of a 

 tiny stream where the latter crosses Moore Street in Princeton. The young 

 are now (July 7, 1909) out of the nest. I have not been able to get any 

 further data concerning them but as I believe this to be the first record 

 from this locality the fact is worth noting. My attention was first called 

 to them by the peculiar purring sounds from the youngsters when a parent 

 bird was near; having raised several broods by hand the sound was a 

 familiar one to me. The old birds are very shy. — Bruce Horsfall, 

 Princeton, N. J. 



The Meadowlark in Maine, and Other Notes. — The Meadowlark (Sturn- 

 ella magna) has arrived here and is breeding (June 15, 1909) on this side of 

 the Penobscot. It is one of the group of Alleghanian birds which are 

 steadily pushing their way eastward across what was formerly a forest 

 portion of the State. The advance of these birds is curious and should 

 have been studied much more closely than it has been so far. The im- 

 portant point is the determination of how long one of our north-and-south 

 flowing rivers like the Kennebec and the Penobscot holds a species in 

 check. They seem very reluctant to cross a stream like the Penobscot, 



