CORRESPONDENCE 275 



Minneapolis, Minn., June 4, 1886. 

 Friend Ridgwat: 



I have not written you for a long time and now have not 

 much that is new to write about. We are having a very nice time 

 here and see so many birds that are rare with us and many we 

 never see, I quite enjoy a spring in the west ; but in my shooting I 

 get nothing new. I hope to get some chicks shortly and am try- 

 ing to get you a Krider's Hawk if possible. I write at this time 

 to say that a friend of mine in Connecticut says he has just had 

 sent to him a very odd looking warbler, and writes me to ask 

 about it. He says it is just like the Blue-winged yellow warbler 

 except the black line that runs through the eye is larger and runs 

 further baiek on the head. Then there is a clear black triangular 

 patch on the throat reaching well down on the breast. As I am 

 not very much acquainted with this warbler (it does not come 

 with us) please write me if it is anything more than some abnor- 

 mal plumage of the bird which it so closely resembles. If so I 

 Avill write him to send it to you. I am going up to Winnipeg 

 and shall be back in a few days. 



Sincerely yours, 



Geo. A. Boardman. 



Daniel G. Elliot, who was formerly superintendent of 

 the Central Park, New York, was a personal friend 

 and correspondent of Mr. Boardman, their correspond- 

 ence extending over several years. Several of Mr. Elliot's 

 letters appear among Mr. Boardman' s papers, although 

 none of Mr. Boardman's have been preserved, Mr. 

 Elliot writing August 15, 1902, that his mass of letters 

 from correspondents had become so cumbersome that 

 with few exceptions they were destroyed. On Mr. Board- 

 man's visits to New York he rarely missed an oppor- 

 tunity of going to Central Park, examining their collec- 

 tions and enjoying calls upon their scientific workers. 



Daniel Giraud Elliot was born in New York, March 

 7, 1835, and is now curator of zoology, Field Columbian 



