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Sylvania mitrata. IIoodki) WAF-titLKK. — This species I iuive found to 

 be a rare transient visitant (though probablv it breeds), having noted in- 

 dividuals September 13 and 25, 1890, and Maj 2, iSyi. 



Sylvania canadensis. Canadian Warhler. — Found in Beaver County 

 as a migrant only, but occurs in Butler and Armstrong Counties as a 

 summer resident, nesting in thickets, especially those along the banks of 

 streams. 



Setophaga ruticilla. American Redstart. —Abundant summL-r resi- 

 dent in Beaver County ; in Butler and Armstrong Counties conspicuous 

 for its apparent entire absence. 



Unless otherwise specified, the quotations given above refer to Beaver 

 County only. Many of them are interesting as showing the peculiar 

 faunal position of not only the western part of Pennsylvania as a whole, 

 but also of its different sections. The notes for Butler and Armstrong 

 Counties show a breeding range for some species extending much further 

 soutii than has been heretofore generally ascribed in a non-mountainous 

 region. Leasuresville, Butler County, near which my observations were 

 made, is almost exactly in the same latitude as Beaver, Beaver County, 

 and is, moreover, as shown by the Geological Survey report, only slightly 

 over one hundred feet higher. The character of the country is, however, 

 very different, and this has evidently much to do with the difference in the 

 respective avifaunas of the two sections. What makes the problem more 

 difficult of solution is the fact that in both localities relatively northern 

 and relatively southern species (not all Warblers) are both found, as for 

 instance in Butler and Armstrong Counties, Dendroica maculosa, D. fcii- 

 sylvai/ica, D. vireiis, Sylvania canadensis, etc., occur, together with such 

 relatively southern forms as Helmitlierus vermivorus, Helmintkopliila 

 chrysoptera (also Enipidonax acadic/is). A comparison of the whole 

 avifauna of each locality, however, shows that Beaver County is, on the 

 whole, the more southern (relatively) of the two. — W. E. Clyde Toud, 

 Beaver, Beaver Co., Pa. 



Note regarding the Islands of Maraguana and Samana, Bahamas. — 

 While in the Bahama Islands last winter I had several conversations with 

 people who were well acquainted with the islands of Samana and Mara- 

 guana. These islands have not been visited by any naturalist, or if so 

 nothing has been published regarding them. I was told that a Parrot 

 occurred on Maraguana and Acklin Islands, and a Crow was sometimes 

 seen on the former island. A peculiar large rat is claimed to occur on 

 Maraguana in abundance. At Samana a Woodpecker occurs, which, if 

 not Sphyrapicus variiis, would probably prove of much interest. None of 

 my collectors have ever visited these islands, although having positive 

 orders to do so, they having been always prevented by illness or bad 

 weather. I am informed that a regular monthly steamer is to be run after 

 July, 1891, between New Providence and Inagua, touching at a number 

 of the intermediate islands. With such easy communication there should 

 be but little difficulty in obtaining collections from most of the islands. 

 — ^^^'harles B- Cory, Boston, Mass. 



