68 THE OOLOGIST 
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Deleware, probably drop in, realizing 
the necessity of rest by perceiving the 
weary miles of city wilderness before 
them. This has been suggested to me 
‘by a friend as a probable cause of the 
birds occurrence in the thicket, but it 
seems like a poor suggestion, as a 
short flight would carry the tired wan- 
derers across the river into Jersey 
woods. Nevertheless, it is the only ex- 
impossible to obtain of them in the 
woods. 
RICHARD F. MILLER. 
~_<—>2—_ 
Lost, Strayed or Stolen. 
The long promised new edition of 
the A. O. U. Check list. Can any of 
our readers tell us when, where or how 
Wwe can get a glimpse of this much ad- 
vertised ignis fatuus? 
Plate No. 40—“Nest and Eggs of Orange Crowned Warbler in Quebec, Prov- 
idence, Canada.” 
planation that I can assign to the 
bird’s occurrence in such a place. In 
the Spring they presumably drop in, 
accepting my friends’ theory as the 
right cause of their occurrence, after 
a fatiguing flight across the city. 
Anyhow, whatever the cause of their 
appearance here, I am glad of it, for 
they have afforded me many hours of 
interesting study that would have been 
We have recently added to our col- 
lection of native wild fowl, seven spe- 
cimens of the extremely rare Ross’s 
gcose, apparently in perfect condition, 
showing the warty growth about the 
base of the bill to perfection. They 
are but little larger than a Mallard 
duck, and have a low plaintive note 
like the subdued lowing of a cow at 
a distance, and not musical. 
