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Capture of the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher {Polio-pttla ccendea) in 

 Connecticut. — A male of this species was killed here Maj 11, 1883, by a 

 boy with a sling shot, and is now in the cabinet of Mr. Jos. W. Lord. 

 The only previous record for Connecticut that I find is the one given by 

 Linsley (1843), and since quoted by Allen, Merriam, and other writers. — 

 Jno. II. Sage, Portland, Conn. 



Parkman's Wren in Illinois.— On May 7, 1883, while out collecting 

 specimens I discovei-ed a Parkman's Wren (^Troglodytes aedo?i park7nant) 

 0% the side of a narrow wood surrounded by a marsh. On looking over 

 the "Catalogue of Birds of Illinois," by Robert Ridgway, I noticed my 

 friend Mr. Cole was the first to discover the Parkman's Wren in this State. 

 I im.mediately called his attention to mine, and on comparing them we 

 found them identical. In the catalogue referred to, under the title of 

 Parkman's Wren, it says : " Several specimens in the collection of H. K. 

 Coale from Hyde Park." This is a mistake, as he has only one specimen, 

 iTiine therefore being the second. Author's collection. No. 331. Locality, 

 Wood Lawn, 111. — ^Joseph L. Hancock, Chicago, III. 



Breeding of the Short-billed Marsh Wren {Cistotkorus stellaris) 

 IN the~ Hudson Highlands. — In June, 1882. I found a nest in some 

 "cat-tails" and rank grass in the marsh at the mouth of Moodna Creek, at 

 Cornwall on the Hudson. The nest contained three white eggs, one of 

 which is in my collection. This bird, of somewhat local distribution, 

 has not hitherto been reported from the Highlands of the Hudson River. 

 — Ettinge Roe, Cor nwall-on-t he- Hudson, IV. T. 



Early Capture of the Orange-crowned Warbler. — As perhaps 

 worthy of mention in the Bulletin I may state that I shot a male Helmin- 

 thofhila celata on March 22, 1883, at Haddonfield,- N. J., as it was feeding 

 busily in the maples. Although the bird is rare, the date of capture is 

 even more noteworthy than the simple fact of its occurrence. — Samuel N. 

 Rhoades, Haddonfield, N. J. 



Occurrence of Siurus n^vius in Greenland. — A specimen of the 

 Small-billed Water Thrush was killed at Nanortalik, Greenland, in May, 

 1882, and was taken to Copenhagen by Erasmus MuUer, one of the Gov- 

 ernment of Denmark employees in Greenland. It is now in the Royal 

 Zoological Museum, of that city. This I believe to be the first known 

 occurrence of this species in Greenland.— J. J. Dalgleish, Edinburgh, 

 Scotland. 



