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had evidentlj' just arrived from some favored point in tlie South, Iheir 

 plumage being particuhirlj fresh and bright, and such rare species as the 

 Mourning and Connecticut Warblers and the Green Blackcap being con- 

 spicuous. Presently I noticed one on a willow overhanging the water, 

 which seemed to be a compromise between the Summer Yellow Bird and 

 tiie Yellow-throated Vireo. On picking it up I was greatly pleased to 

 find I had got a specimen of the Prothonotary Warbler — a female in the 

 ordinary plumage of the season. It is the first record of the species for 

 Ontario and the second for Canada, the first being that of a specimen 

 which was found at St. Stephens, New Brunswick, by Mr. Boardman in 

 October, 1S62. — K. C. McIlwkaith, Hamilto)i, Outario. 



Bachman's Warbler (^Helminthophila bachmani) in Louisiana.— During 

 March, 1S8S, I collected thirty-one Bachman's Warblers on the borders of 

 Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana. They wei-e probably more abundant 

 than in 1887, as about the same effort was made last year to secure them, 

 by at least a dozen hunters, commencing earlier and continuing later 

 in the season, with the result of but six specimens. It is somewhat re- 

 markable that of the six secured in the spring of 1887 four were females 

 while among the thirty-one killed this year there were not any females. 



This bird, so long unsuccessfully sought for, is evidently a stranger to 

 the forests of Louisiana except during the migration, for those taken this 

 season were killed between the 2d and 20th of March, and although they 

 were diligently sought for up to the middle of April no specimens were 

 obtained later than the end of March, showing pretty clearly that the 

 breeding place is farther north. 



No sound was heard from them except in the case of two of the finest, 

 which were so low down on the tree on which they were discovered, that 

 their plumage was easily distinguished; my assistant reported that the 

 shooting of the first failed to disturb the second one, which remained on 

 the tree and uttered a chirping note as if calling to its dead companion. 

 Nearly, or quite all the other specimens obtained were found in the com- 

 pany of a variety of other early Warblers in the tops of the sweet-gum, 

 probably attracted by insects found in the buds and blossoms of this tree. 



Of the Swainson's Warblers (7/c/«/rt/rt 5Wrt/?/50«/), I secured but three 

 specimens this year, against nine in 1887, and about forty in the spring of 

 18S6. Although these birds do not arrive in Louisiana until about the 

 middle of March, it is quite probable that many of them remain and breed 

 in this latitude.— C. S. Galbraitii, West Hoboken, N. J. 



Helminthophila celata in Connecticut.— May 8, 18S8, I shot a male bird 

 of this species. It was in company with Nashville Warblers when killed. 

 As far as I can ascertain this is the only specimen actually taken in Con- 

 necticut, although it has been observed close by the Connecticut line in 

 New York.— WiLLARD E. Treat, Easf Tfartford, Conn. 



Dendroica caerulea in the District of Columbia.— On May 5, 1S8S, I had 

 the pleasure of adding Dendroica cerulcea to the fauna of the Dsitrict of 



