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been found breeding in Michigan. We have but very few fully identified 
eggs of this species, and they are still rare in collections, and your find is 
a very interesting one.” 
During the past seasons since I found this bird, I have carefully 
searched the meadows for more specimens of Henslow’s Bunting, but 
without success. The one which I found is now in the United States 
National Museum, and is labeled Henslow’s Bunting (Ammodramus 
henslowt), Accession No. 30409.— JAMES B. Purpy, Plymouth, Mich. 
Occurrence of Zonotrichia albicollis in California.— On October 27, 
1896, Mr. Henry Ward Carriger of Sonoma, Sonoma Co., Cal., secured a 
specimen of the White-throated Sparrow, a male in almost full plumage. 
It was observed along a small creek at the edge of the foothills in 
company with several Golden-crowned Sparrows and greatly resembled 
them in its actions. The specimen proved to be well nourished, and is 
the first occurrence of this species recorded from Sonoma County, and 
adds another record of this bird for Calitornia.—C. BARLow, Santa 
Clara, Cal. 
How about the Genus Pipilo now? —I observe by the Eighth Supple- 
ment to our Check-List that we have officially adopted Mr. Ridgway’s new 
genus Oreosfiza, tor that species which we have been calling Pzfz/o 
chlorurus. This is well, in my judgment; in fact, I could produce some 
manuscript, in my own handwriting, of date 1862, in which I took the 
bird entirely out of the genus PzZz/o ; though I never published that screed, 
chiefly because my mentor at that time, Professor Baird, was vexed at 
something I did with Bonaparte’s genus Avenerza. But the present 
trouble is that in our Check-List, both eds., “ PzAzlo” chlorurus has been 
interjected forcibly in the middle of its supposed genus, with the black or 
green and white Towhees in front of it, and the brown Towhees behind 
it; with the interesting result, that Oreospzza, the heterogeneous element 
or unconformable factor in the case, now splits Pzfzlo apart! Our genera 
now run (1) Pepzlo; (2) Oreospiza; (3) Pipilo. Our species run: No. 
589, Prpzlo consobrinus ; 590, Oreospiza chlorura; 591, Pipilo fuscus 
mesoleucus. I gladly leave this case to the tender grace of any one who 
will admit his responsibility for putting “ Pzpzlo” chlorurus in that fix. I 
decline to assume any responsibility myself; the bird will be found in 
several of my works since 1872 in what I took to be its proper position. — 
EvLiott Coves, Washington, D. C. 
The Bahaman Swallow in Florida. —In a collection of birds purchased 
several years ago of Mr. W. E. D. Scott I have lately found a Bahaman 
Swallow ( Callichelidon cyaneoviridis) the original label of which reads as 
follows: “ Register 12558, W. E. D. Scott, Tarpon Springs, Florida, 
September 3, 1890; W.S. Dickenson.” It is a young bird in practically 
