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first during the winter there was only a small flock of C. ornafus to be 

 seen with probably a few of /?. maccoxvnii scattered among them, but on 

 March 14 C ornafus was scattered all over the counti-y west of St. Johns, 

 and where I killed the eleven specimens of R. maccowiii'i there was a 

 flock of about 1000 C. ornatus. There were about 500 of 7?. marcoxvnii in 

 the flock out of which I got specimens and the two species seemed then 

 to be separate. The nature of the country where I found both species was 

 very barren, there was only a little short white gramma grass and a few 

 weeds. Two of the specimens of i?. maccowniil found on skinning had 

 peculiar parasitical worms coiled up in the lower outer corner of the eye 

 space; one had five and the other two of these worms. They were about 

 .75 of an inch long and about a thick as a stout piece of sewing cotton, 

 and of a bright yellow color. In both species of birds the males pre- 

 dominated, thus of thirteen R. 7naccoiv>nl but one was a female. Of 

 eight C. ornafus but one was a female. This is the first time I have seen 

 either species in this district, and as Dr. Coues in his Key to North Ameri- 

 can Birds, and also the A. O. U. Code and Check list mention both birds 

 as rare west of the Rockies, I send this notice to 'The Auk.' — ^John Swin- 

 burne, St. Johns, Apache Co., Arizona. 



Euetheia canora from Sombrero Key, Florida. — A Bird new to the 

 United States. — Mr. M. E. Spencer, keeper of the light at Sombrero Key, 

 Fhi., has just sent me a package of birds which killed themselves against his 

 light during the past spring migration. Among them was a pair of short 

 olive green wings which I was unable to identify. On submitting them 

 to Mr. Ridgway, he at once pronounced them to belong to a species of 

 Euetheia, and comparison with specimens in the collection of the U. S. 

 National Museum showed the species to be E. canora, the Melodious 

 Grassquit, hitherto known only from Cuba. The bird was found dead on 

 the lower platform of the light-tower on the morning of April 17, 188S. 

 The wind was east, moderate; sky cloudy. 



Another West Indian bird is thus added to the list of those known to 

 occur on the islands and coast of southern Florida. — C. Hart Merriam, 

 Washington, D. C. 



An Abnormal Scarlet Tanager. — A remarkable albino female Scarlet 

 Tanager was procured at Germantown, May 8, 18S8, and is now in my col- 

 lection. The wings and tail are composed of pure white and ordinary 

 blackish feathers in about equal proportions, while the wing-coverts consist 

 of white, olive and canary-yellow feathers. All the rest of the plumage 

 above and below is bright canary yellow, with one or two olivaceous feath- 

 ers in the middle of the back. The legs and bill are very light pink. The 

 bird was in company with several normal birds of the same species. — 

 Witmer Stone, Germantown, Pa. 



Prothonotary Warbler in Ontario. — While collecting Warblers near 

 Hamilton on the morning of the 23d of May, 1S8S, I met a group w^hich 



