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Is stomach contained parts of a small beetle and partially digested berries 

 of Ampelnpsis quinquefolia, the latter also often forming the principal food 

 supply of its congeneric species, T. carolinensis, during the last few days 

 of its northern stay. 



Helminthophaga celata. Orange-crowned Warbler. — A fe- 

 male was taken on October 9, 1876, and a second specimen seen on the 

 29th of the same month. The former bird was shot while gleaning among 

 the withering blossoms of a patch of golden-rods (^Solidayo), while the lat- 

 ter was hopping about in a clump of leafless briers and shrubbery quite 

 unsuspiciously, allowing an approach of a few feet. — E. P. Bicknell, 

 Riverdale, N. Y. 



The White-bellied Nuthatch concealing Food. — While col- 

 lecting in Waltham, in November, I observed a Sitta caroUnensia feeding 

 on a small dead locust-tree. It finally went to the end of a broken limb and 

 took therefrom quite a large larva, which it tucked into a crevice, bent the 

 bark upon it, gave a few light raps over the place, and then proceeded to 

 do the same with tAvo more larvae. — W. B. Dowse, Boston, Mass. 



The Great Carolina Wren (Thnjnthorus ludovicianus) in Con- 

 necticut. — Dr. Brewer recorded in the last issue of the Bulletin (Vol. 

 Ill, p. 193) the first known capture of this Wren in Massachusetts and 

 New England. I now give a second instance, which is also its first Con- 

 necticut record. A line from Mr. J, II. Clark informs me that he obtained 

 a fine specimen at Saybrook, November 25, 1878. — H. A. PuRDiE, Bos- 

 ton, Mass. 



Occurrence of several rare Birds near Sing Sing, N. Y. — 

 The capture of the following birds is of some interest, as they are com- 

 paratively rare in this locality ; also the time of year in which some of 

 them were taken is unusual. 



1. Oporornis agilis. Connecticut Warbler. — I shot a male Sep- 

 tember 19, 1878, in a clump of bushes, Avhile I was looking for a Mijiodi- 

 octes miti-atus^ which I had seen a few minutes previous, and had failed to 

 shoot. 



2. Collurio. — June 16, 1877, I met a boy who had a young Shrike 

 which was able to fly only a few yards. He would not part with it, 

 although I made him a liberal offer for it. I afterwards learned that 

 it got away from him, or he let it go, the same day. I was unable to tell 

 whether it was C. ludovicianus or the var. excuhitoruides. At all events 

 the bird must have been raised in the vicinity. 



3. Strix flammea var. americana. Barn Owl. — A farmer, a 

 mile or so north of the village of Sing Sing, found in January, 1873, a 

 fine specimen on the open barn floor. It Avas frozen stiff, and hardly 

 a feather on it Avas displaced. He took it to Dr. G. J. Fisher for identifica- 

 tion, to Avhom he afterwards gave it. The Doctor had it mounted, and it 

 is now in his collection. 



