116 . General Notes. 



Thf Worm-eating Warbler (Helmintherus vermivorm) breeding 

 IN Southern Connecticut. — June 10, 1879, Mr. W. K. Nichols found 

 a nest of this species on the side of a ridge sloping toward the east into 

 Lake Saltonstall, near New Haven. The nest resembled those already 

 described, and contained four young and one egg. It was identified by 

 the capture of the sitting bird. This is, I believe, the first known instance 

 of its nesting in Connecticut. While collecting with Mr. Nichols, June 

 16, 1879, in the same section of country, we saw a pair of these birds 

 which must have nested there, although we were unable to find the nest. — 

 George Woolsey, New Haven, Conn. 



The Large-billed Water Thrush (Sluriis motacilla) in Eastern 

 Rhode Island. — The most eastern previous record of this Thrush is a 

 specimen in my cabinet, taken by Mr. Ernest IngersoU at Franklin Sta- 

 tion, New London Co., Conn., in June, 1873,* and the only other New 

 England records are from Southern Connecticut and Western Massachu- 

 setts. In a recent communication from Mr. F. T. Jencks, of Providence, 

 R. I., he states that he first met with the Large-billed species in Johnson, 

 R. I., on May 11, 1877, on a rocky stream running through what is known 

 as the " Snake Dens," and probably the wildest spot within ten miles of 

 the city of Providence. He then secured a pair, which were the only 

 ones he had heard of being taken in the State. On May 2, 1879, while 

 collecting along a rocky stream, thickly wooded with large trees, in West 

 Greenwich, R. 1., Mr. Jencks again heard the loud and striking song of 

 the Water Thrush, and soon succeeded in shooting two males. About 

 the middle of the same month he again visited this locality, and found a 

 pair which were too shy to be taken ; and in a similar place, some four 

 miles distant, he found still another pair, which he was also unable to se- 

 cure. Mr. Jencks writes that all these birds were seen along rocky trout- 

 brooks, and in such localities he has never found them in company with 

 their Short-billed cousins, who prefer comparatively still water, although 

 he once shot one at Point Judith which was' perched on a stone in the 

 edge of the water bordering the ocean. 



We have many inviting localities for the Long-billed Thrush, and 

 doubtless erelong shall be able to add it to our rapidly increasing list of 

 Eastern Massachusetts birds. — Ruthven Deane, Cambridge, Mass. 



Notes on some of the rarer Birds of Long Island, N. Y. : — 



1. Siurus motacilla, Coues. Large-billed Water Thrush. — 

 A male was shot April 12, 1879. 



2. Contopus borealis, i?f/. Olive-sided Flycatcher. — I shot a 

 male at Flushing, L. I , on May 24, 1872. 



3. Cathartes atratus. Less. BLAck Vulture. — A specimen of this 

 Southern species was shot at Sandy Hook during the spring of 1877. It 



* Am. Nat., Vol. VIII, p. 238. 



