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with which it seemed to be associating. The locality was drv and 

 somewhat elevated, with a sri'owth of high hard-wood trees and but little 

 underbrush. With its companions, the bird kept chieflv among the top- 

 most branches where I watched it for twenty minutes until, leaving the 

 Parulas, it gradually descended into the lower branches to some fourteen 

 feet from the ground, Avhen I shot it. 



It measured : length 4.60, spread of wings 7.55 inches. Its stomach 

 contained insects only. The largest ova in the ovary were about the size 

 of No. 12 shot. — Edwin H. Eames, Seyifiour, Conn. 



An Albino BlackpoU Warbler.— A male specimen of Dendroica striata 

 taken hy the writer at Upper Chichester, Delaware Co., Penn.. May 12, 

 18S8, during migration, displays such a remarkable variation of plumage 

 as to merit special mention. 



The entire crown, with the exception of three or four small black feath- 

 ers over the eyes, is pure white, the edges of the feathers tipped with cream 

 color which is more decided fringing the neck. The upper tail-coverts 

 and rump are pure white, extending high up on the back and passing 

 irregularly through the interscapulars and joining the white on back of 

 neck and crown ; rather silky across the rump. The interscapulars form 

 an irregular bar across the shoulders. The scapulars and tertiaries are 

 sparsely spotted with white, most prominent on the right side. The sides 

 of breast are streaked as usual, although of a rust^- color, rather obsolete 

 as they approach the chin which is pure white. The throat and breast are 

 ochroleucous. Otherwise the plumage is natural. The upper and lower 

 mandibles, legs and feet, are deep yellow. The white feathers are im- 

 maculate from the quills out, none being edged or spotted with the natu- 

 ral colors. — ^J. Harris Rked, Ridley Park. Pcnn. 



Cistothorus palustris marianae on the Coast of Georgia. — Of seven 

 Long-billed Marsh Wrens taken by Mr. W. W. Worthington at various 

 dates during November and December, 1887, and January, 1888, on Sapelo 

 Island, Georgia, six prove to belong to the lately described C. f. mari- 

 ante Scott. The seventh bird is a ^typical fahtstris. — William Brew- "»w 

 STER. Caiiihridffc. Mass. ' • w,^ 'T-Y^x ' • iP\ 



Capture of the Brown-headed Nuthatch near Elmira, N. Y. — While 

 making some observations on the migration of birds, this spring, for the 

 Division of Economic Ornithology of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 I had the good fortune to procure a specimen of Sitta pnsilla. Brown- 

 headed Nuthatch. I can find no record of its being taken in New York 

 State before, and Dr. A. K. Fisher, of the Department, to whom I sent 

 the bird for examination, says he can find no record of its being taken in 

 our State. The bird is a fine adult male, and was taken at the Mountain 

 House near this city. May 24. iSSS. — Edward Swift, Elmira. A'. T. 



Impeded Migration and Destruction of Birds at Chicago. — Usually at 

 this time of year (May 20) the small land birds have passed us on their 



