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southern Ontario, and one taken by Ernest D. Wintle near Mon- 

 treal in 1890. 



Accidental stragglers have been taken in New England, but it is 

 chiefly a Western bird, breeding in the far North, though it winters 

 in the Southern and Gulf States. 



KIRTLAND'S WARBLER. 

 Dendroica kirtlandi. 



Char. Above, slate blue, the feathers of head and back streaked with 

 black ; line across forehead and through the eyes, black; beneath, yellow, 

 breast and sides spotted with black ; two white wing-bars ; white blotches 

 on tail. Length 5>^ to 6 inches. 



jVest and £g-^s. Unknown. 



Only a few specimens of this bird, discovered by Dr. Kirtland, 

 near Cleveland, in 1851, have as yet been seen, and these few were 

 captured in Ohio, Michigan, W^isconsin, and Missouri during the 

 spring migrations. Mr. Charles B. Cory secured one in the Baha- 

 mas in winter. The habits of the bird are unknown, but Mr. 

 Chubb, who shot a male and female near Cleveland in 1880, says : 

 " I am inclined to think they are rather terrestrial in their habits, 

 frequenting bushy fields near woods." 



Note. — The Carbonated Warbler (Dendroica carbonatd), 

 mentioned by Nuttall on the authority of Audubon, who killed two 

 specimens in Kentucky, has been placed on the ".Hypothetical 

 List " by the A. O. U. Committee, as has also the Blue Mountain 

 Warbler {Dendroica 7nojitana) and the Small-headed War- 

 bler {Sylvania niicrocephala), mentioned by Wilson and Audu- 

 bon. No specimens of either have been taken in recent years. 

 On this same list has been placed the Cincinnati Warbler {Hel- 

 i7iinthopJiila cincinjiatiejzsis), which is probably a hybrid of H. 

 pifius and G.forinosaj also Lawrence's Warbler (//. lawrenci) 

 and BreW' ster's Warbler (//. leucobronchialis), both supposed 

 to be hybrids of H. pi7ins and H. chrysoptera. 



Mr. F. M. Chapman states that he saw-a typical leucobronchialis 

 in New Jersey in May, 1890. 



Townsend's Warbler (Dendroica townsendi), described by 

 Nuttall and named in honor of its discoverer, is a rare bird of the 

 Far West, and its claim to mention here rests on the accidental 

 occurrence of one example near Philadelphia in 1868. 



