V°'3,r] General Notes. 59 



574. Ampliispiza dcHi (Cass.). 



574rt. Ampliispiza belli cinerea (Townsend). 



574.1. Amphispiza nevadensis (Ridgw.). 



The question might .arise as to which species the form cinerea belongs 

 as a race. I have learned nothing definite in regard to this, so until 

 someone finds otherwise, it might stand as it is, though the probabilities 

 point toward its relationship with A. 7tevadensis. — Joseph Grixnell, 

 Pasadena, Cal. 



The Blue-winged Warbler (Hehninikop/iilu pinus) in Eastern Mass- 

 achusetts. — On the afternoon of May 15, 1897, while collecting among 

 some scattered bushes and low trees on the edge of a swampy wood in the 

 section of Boston known as Dorchester, near the West Roxburj and Hyde 

 Park lines, I came across a bird of this species. When first seen the bird 

 was sitting on the outer branch of a small bush about ten yards from me. 

 While I was watching, it suddenly flew directly toward me for about ten 

 or twelve feet after an insect, which it caught while on the wing, poising 

 itself for a moment in the air and then returning to the same bush, imme- 

 diately passing through to the other side where it was lost to view. 



Although this species has been taken in West Roxbury and also in 

 Dedham, it is a rare bird in Massachusetts and worthy of note. — Foster 

 H. Brackett, Bosfo?i, Mass. 



Chestnut-sided Warbler in Eastern Kansas. — While collecting birds 

 on Oct. 12, 1S96, I shot an adult male Chestnut-sided Warbler {Dendroica 

 j>etisylvafiica) in the fall moult, near Chestnut's Ford on the north bank 

 of the Pottawatomie River, one mile southwest of town. It was feeding 

 among some maple bushes at the water's edge when I first noticed it, 

 being attracted b}' its familiar note. 



There are only two other records, to my knowledge, of the capture of 

 this bird in Kansas, which I quote from Goss. "Taken at Leavenworth 

 in May, 1S71, by Prof. J. A. Allen, and near Topeka, May 2, 1873, by Prof. 

 E. A. Popenoe." — Walter S. Colvin, Osaxvatomie, Kans. 



The Aerial Song of the Maryland Yellow-throat. — The flight song of 

 the Maryland Yellow-throat (Geotkylpis trichas) one finds stated in 

 many of the leading manuals as never heard until late July or August. 

 This miss-statement, known to be such bv many ornithologists, I have 

 never seen questioned. 



I have noted this flight song in Eastern Massachusetts as early as 

 May 16, only about a week after their arrival, and heard it off and on 

 throughout the rest of May, June, and July. — Reginald Heber Howe, 

 Jr., Longxvood, I\/ass. 



Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos') at Taunton, Mass. — Mr. A. R. 

 Sharp of this city shot and presented to me a fine specimen of this bird 



