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4. The "Daily Democrat" (newspaper) of Grand Rapids, Mich., of 

 June 1, 1879, under the caption "A New Bird," thus alhides to a 

 Warbler shot by Mr. Gunn in Ottawa Co. :".... the new bird be- 

 longs in what is called the genus Helminthophaga ; it presents five dis- 

 tinctive points of specific difference to that of its nearest congener, the 

 golden winged warbler (^Helminlliophaga cJiri/soptera), the chief point of 

 diflterence being the absence of the black throat which is a characteristic 

 ])eculiarity of the golden wing, the throat in the new species being white, 

 the chin is pale yellow, a faint line passing down on either side as far as 

 the check. The cheek patch which forms a prominent marking in the 

 golden winged warbler, is entirely absent. The sub-maxillary stripe is 

 not to be seen, and the lores are merely dusky ; but the most peculiar 

 feature in the coloration of the specimen is the bright yellow breast, this 

 color extending as far down as the abdomen and over the flanks. The 

 specimen is a female, and yet it exhibits a golden crown patch equal in 

 intensity to that of the male golden wing. Mr. W. A. Gunn secured 

 this new bird, May 25th while collecting in a patch of underbrush near 

 the edge of a heavy pine forest. He deserves great credit for so valu- 

 able an addition to the avifauna of the State and in honor to his capturing 

 it and being the first to present it to public notice, it is named Ilelmin- 

 (hnpha(/a Gnnnii by Dr. Gibbs, to whom it was submitted for classification." 

 Allowing for slight individual variation, have we not here a ninth White- 

 throated Golden-wing, or does '•//. gunnii" hold its own? — H. A. Pur- 

 die, Newton, Mass. 



Additional Capture of the C.krulkan Warbler in New 

 England. — Through the kindness of Mr. Charles M, Carpenter of 

 Providence, R. I., I am enabled to record a second specimen of Dendroacn 

 ccerulea, taken near Cumberland Hill, R. I., May 22, 1878. The Warbler 

 was a male, and was in company with a flock of Blue Yellow-backed AVar- 

 b'ers when shot. The first s])ecimen recorded for New England was taken 

 at Suflield, Conn , June 12, 1875, by Mr. E. I. Shores, and is now in his 

 collection. Dr. Brewer, in his " Additions to his Catalogue of the Birds 

 of New England," * includes this record, and says : " This Western species 

 is said to have been taken at Suflield, Conn. I therefore venture to add this 

 bird to my list, though not without much hesitation." The doubt thus ex- 

 pressed by Dr. Brewer is entirely unnecessary, as the specimen was 

 thoroughly identified. — Ruthven Deane, Cambridf/e, Moss. 



Another Kirtland's Warbler (Dendrceca kirtlandi). — Mr. Adolphe 

 B. Covert of Ann Arbor, Mich., writes me that on May 16 last he shot a 

 female of this much-desired Warbler, his second capture of the species. 

 This recent specimen I make to be the ninth known to science, viz. : — 



1 . Male, caught on a vessel at sea off Abaco, Bahamas, by Dr. Samuel 



* Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. XIX, 1878, p. 303. 



