58 General Notes. 



(BtntvsX Jitrte^. 



Kirtland's Warbler again in Ohio. — I have been informed by Mr. 

 R.^K. Winslow and other ornithologists of Cleveland, O., that two specimens 

 of Dendrmca kirtlandi were taken at Rockport, Cuyahoga County, O., 

 by William and John Hall, during the past season. One of these is a 

 female, the first of the sex taken. Both were captured within two miles 

 of the spot where the original specimen was taken by Dr. Kirtland. A 

 third specimen is said to have been taken in that vicinity about the same 

 time, but I Avas unable to obtain any definite information concerning it. — 

 J. M. WiiEATOx, Columbus, O. 



ViREO ATRiCAPiLLUS IN Tex AS. — The acquaintance with this beautiful 

 little Vireo has been so limited that any remarks or dates of additional 

 capture cannot fail to be of interest. We find, in Baird, Brewer, and 

 Ridgway's " North American Birds," that but three or four specimens of 

 this Vireo have been previously recorded. One specimen, "probably a 

 female," was obtained at Mazatlan, on the western coast of Mexico, in 

 April, by Colonel Grayson." It was " first met with by Dr. W^oodhouse, 

 on the 2Gth May, 1851, in Western Texas. This was on the Rio San 

 Pedro, within ten miles of its source." Dr, Woodhouse obtained two 

 males and " Mr. John H. Clark, the naturalist of the Mexican Boundary 

 Commission, likewise found this species in Texas, and not far from the 

 same locality in which it was discovered by Dr. Woodhouse." Mr. Clark 

 shot a single specimen in June. 



Since the above citations I believe there has been no record made of 

 further captures. The following is an abstract from a letter received by 

 me from Mr. George H. Ragsdale, to whom I am indebted for information 

 regarding his recent experience with the Black-headed Vireo : — 



"On the 20th of April, 1878, while collecting some birds at Camp Verde, 

 in tlie northern part of Medina County, Texas, my friend, Mr. W. Nonis, who 

 accompanied me, shot a male of this species, shooting the bird at random, not 

 knowing its rarity. On the 2d of May, 1878, I collected a female in Comanche 

 County, about one hundred and fifty miles northeast of Camp Verde. The 

 specimen, like the former, was found in post oak woods on upland. On the 

 3d of May, 1878, I shot a second male, while singing, in the northeastern part 

 of Earth County. The song resembled that of Fireo belli, only weaker. Both 

 specimens which I shot were exceedingly sliy, darting into thick bushes at 

 sight. I cam convinced as to the breeding of this species on the borders of the 

 Bed River in Cook County. In 1876 a Vireo's nest which contained one egg 

 was shown me by a person who declared the bird luul a black head. 1 watched 

 the nest for some days, but the parent did not return, and the egg was lost. 

 The locality in which the nest was found was identical with that in which 1 had 

 collected the birds, and I have never found Bell's Vireo breeding in such a 

 locality." 



