)8,S^.) (irnrral Notes. (JT 



cumfeiem-e ontsido, aiul \v:is ihrce inches in depth inside. It contained 

 nineeg^-s. one nlllicni a Cow Hunting's. One of the Kinglet's eggs which 

 I examined, and which is still jircserved in the Museum of Bishop's Col- 

 lege, measures .53 X .40. It is of a dirty creamy-white ground-color, 

 clouded with small, faint spots of a darker tint, which are irregularly dis- 

 trihuted over the entire surface, excepting near the larger end, where there 

 is a band of dull yellowish-brown. The centre of this band is darkest, 

 the color gradually lessening in intensity toward the edges. 



"The identification of the parents was nearly perfect. My friends were 

 very familiar with the species, and examined these birds several times, as 

 they sat on the nest or perched on the adjoining boughs." 



I am informed by Mr. Ritchie that the jiest has been destroyed and only 

 the one egg remains of the clutch. Through Mr. Ritchie's kind office the 

 President of the College has courteously permitted this egg to be sent to 

 me for examination so that I am enabled to verify the description given. 



Mr. Ritchie states that another of the eggs of this clutch which he had 

 compared with the one described was of exactly the same size, color, and 

 markings. — Moxtaguk Chamberlain. S/. John. N. B. 



Thryothorus ludovicianus in Massachusetts. — An adult specimen of 

 Tkrvotkoriis ludovicianus was killed on the 4th of November last, by Mr. 

 Arthur Smith, in Brookline. Mass. The specimen is now in my cabinet. 

 — C B. Cory. Boston. Mass. 



Another Example of Helminthophaga leucobronchialis from Connect- 

 icut. — Through the kindness of Mr. Harry W. Flint, of Deep River, 

 Conn.. I have the pleasure of examining a specimen of this Warbler killed 

 bv him, May 18, 1880, at Deep River. It shows a slight suffusion of yellow 

 under each eve and on the sides of chin, and the pectoral region is washed 

 with the same color, which extends over the abdomen nearly to the tail. 

 The wing-bands are very much restricted, and the white is tinged with 

 vellow. This is, I believe, the thirteenth known example and the fifth 

 reported from Connecticut. — Jno. H. Sage, Portland, Conn. 



[I am indebted to Mr. Sage for an opportunity of examining the specimen 

 above mentioned. It difiers from the type, as well as from all the other 

 examples which I have seen, in having the yellow of the forehead par- 

 tially obscured bv a superficial mark of greenish-olive, in the unusual re- 

 striction of the wing-bands, and in the generally' immature appearance of 

 the plumage. These characteristics are just what we should expect in the 

 female of leucobronchialis. and I doubt not that the collector's mark of 5 

 is correct. — William Brew'ster.] 



Nest and Eggs of Myiadestes townsendi.— Through the kindness of 

 Mr. L. Belding, I am able to add the following to what is already known of 

 the nest and eggs of Myiadestes tozvnse7idi. Of four nests of which I 

 have notes, three were placed either on the ground or in a slight depres- 

 sion, giving the nest a saucer shape. In each case concealment had been 



