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ing a new name, I therefore propose Sporathraupis {(nTop(}.=-spH>iits, 

 Bpavtria; ftom. J>ro/.) — Rouert Ridgwav, U. S. N'ational Museum, Jl'as/i- 

 i/ii^/o/t, D. C. 



Kirtland's Warbler {Dendroica kirtlandi ) in Florida. — I saw a Kirt- 

 land's Warbler on April 19, 1S97, at West Jupiter, Florida, and shot 

 another at the same place on April 27, — the only specimen actually 

 killed. Of course I may have been mistaken about the one seen April 19, 

 but I myself have no doubt of its correct identification. — Charle.s B. 

 Cory, Great Island, Hvannis, Jlfass. 



Dendroica kirtlandii in Pennsylvania : — A Correction. — In my ' Birds 

 of Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey" published some j-ears since by 

 the Delaware Valley Ornithological Club, I omitted without comment 

 Dendroica kirtlandii, which had been included in Dr. Warren's report on 

 the 'Birds of Pennsylvania,' on the strength of information furnished him 

 by Prof. H. Justin Roddy. My action was based upon a letter from Prof. 

 Roddy in which he states that, owing to an unfortunate blunder, the 

 notes given to Dr. Warren under head of Dendroica kirtlandii were 

 intended for another species and that he had never seen or heard of 

 Kirtland's Warbler in the State. Inasmuch as Mr. A. W. Butler has 

 quoted Prof. Roddy's records of this bird in his recent ' Birds of Indiana' 

 and based his remarks on the probable breeding range of the species 

 partly upon them, it seems high time that the error should be corrected, 

 as ought to have been done in my previous publication. — Witmer 

 Stone, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa. 



The Pine Warbler (^Dendroica vifforsii) a Breeder in Ohio. — On 

 August 5 of this year, while out on a short collecting stroll, one of my 

 companions, Prof. W. A. Chesroron of the Waverlj' High School, shot a 

 Warbler out of a number of others and kindly presented me with the 

 specimen. I identfied it as a Pine Warbler and Mr. H. C. Oberholser 

 was so kind as to verify this determination, the bird being a young male 

 still partially in first plumage, so that, as Mr. Oberholser said, " this fact 

 makes it almost certain that it was reared in the neighborhood, for at 

 that age it could not, or at least probably would not, have traveled far." 

 Dr. Wheaton in his ' Birds of Ohio,' states that it is " a not common 

 spring and fall migrant, but that there is no instance of its breeding in 

 the State," and Mr. Oberholser adds that my record "appears to be the 

 first instance of the breeding of this species in Ohio." My bird was shot 

 in tall timber near the Waverly canal. No pine trees are to be found in 

 this vicinity. The entire episode seems to be a circumstance of suflicient 

 interest to be worth recording. — Rev. W. F. Hexxixger, Waverly, 

 Ohio. 



The Yellow-breasted Chat in Oneida County, N. Y. — On June 6. 1S9S, 

 in a pasture, situated on high ground, well filled with second growth 



