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till July II ; but the presence of the pair (within a radius of two or 

 three rods) for five days in the middle of June would seem to leave no 

 doubt of their breeding. The only previous record of such an occur- 

 rence, so far as I am aware, is that of Mr. Browne, in the 'Bulletin of 

 the Nuttall Ornithological Club,' Vol. V, p. 52. — Bradford Torrey, 

 Melrose HigJilands, Mass. 



A Third Specimen of Lawrence's Warbler. — While collecting in a piece 

 of low, swampy woods at Rye, Westchester Co., N. Y., on Aug. 31, 18SS, 

 I shot a Warbler, which, on the identification of Prof. J. A. Allen, proved to 

 be a Lawrence's Warbler {Helmintkophila laivreticei'). This bird, an adult 

 male, is in excellent plumage. In comparison with the specimen in the 

 yVmerican Museum of Natural History, taken at Hoboken, N. J., the throat 

 patch is a more intense black while the black stripe through the eye is 

 broader, being of exactly the same extent as in H. chrysoptera. In its 

 actions it resembled H. pinus, though, of course, I did not wait long to 

 study its actions. The stomach contained very small beetles and larva-. 



This is the third specimen of this bird to date. — Clark G. Voorhee.s. 

 Nezu York City. 



Notes on Helminthophila leucobronchialis. — On May 26, i88y, I cap- 

 tured a male Helminthophila leucobronchialis which from comparison 

 with the original description appears to be typical. Length 4. So, spread 

 7.60 inches. The testes were 5-16 inch long. The stomach contained 

 insects only. Attracted by a new song, I found it among the branches of 

 an apple-tree close by. Apparently it was alone. During the half-hour 

 I watched it, it alighted in the apple-trees in the orchard it was in every 

 time but one, then, for a moment only, on a small hickory. The localitv 

 was dry, all the neighborhood being scrubby pasture with very little 

 woodland. 



On May 29 1 heard this song again, and soon I'ound the bird among the 

 branches of a gigantic and solitary hickory in a high, dry, scrubby pas- 

 ture-lot. It was extremely shy, but was unwilling to leave the spot. On 

 the 31st I again saw it, feeding and singing in the same tree, and equally 

 shy. Patient watching during three hours revealed nothing more than 

 occasional short and apparently inquisitive flights to several hickory sap- 

 lings growing about a hazel thicket in the edge of a bushy tract adjoining 

 this pasture. Its errand there seemed to be more with an eye to some- 

 thing below in the bushes than for the sake of feeding. June 3, after 

 ascertaining the bird's presence, I secreted myself and waited. Several 

 times did it come in my vicinity, but only casually as it were, never 

 evincing the least alarm ; yet it certainly made the rounds of the afore- 

 mentioned saplings more frequently than before. At last with more 

 eagerness than usual it descended, and disappeared in the bushes (an 

 unusual occurrence) where it apparently took possession of its nest, as in 

 less than half a minute thereafter an H. piniis, the first I had seen in the 

 neighborhood, flew hastily from about the same place. This occurred at 



