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I — K. P2. Ilammctt Cluvei=ind, O iio. 

 ! writes ; I tound on the 17th ot' April 

 la nest of the Northern "^hrike, c ) it.ii.i- 

 ! iug o fresh eggs ; ti»e nest was p aced i;» 



a bush, an(| was made entirely oi" woo! 



(if a pure whiti.-. it was very pre'iy and 



I took it. 



— H. R. M. (iarland, Me., reports tli*' 

 following strange bird. "While pass- 

 ing througii au old orchard r.iv uttcntioii 

 was drawn to two peeular looki-iir birds. 

 Ttiey allowed me toap))roch quiie nc;»r 

 giviuji^me an opportunity to .>bser\f 

 th-m cloirely. 



They were about the size ofu liibir> 



and were clejtr white, hcjid jctblack an ( 



one had a fire reel spot on it.- I'lroat 



about the size of a two cent pic.'. tiii» 



jothir was similar, only miiiu.-^ ilu* 



! patch on the throat. When i'Jyingthcy 



I looked liK* two little wl ite Gulls. 



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—Central Maine May iJ>th '90. Th«> 

 j Yeilow-'-umped Warblei" has been very 



plenty through the ini;_'TJit< -ry .-ca.Mp. 



reaching ns about the Gth of \1ay an<I a 



few individiiaio remaininguntil tl isdatc. 

 rhe wi)itc crowned Spnrrow Iim.-' nl>.. 



been quite plenty arrivingabout tlic rJth 



ami the last one was seen the I Ttli. 

 These two specie's have ahs ays bct^t 



very rare in the spriu;^: rnigralon, only 

 }a few being seen each spring. A few cf 

 j the former will remain wills ns tliP^n/Ji 

 I the incubating season. l)ut the latter \v ill 

 !pa?s farther north, and ^pen*! the in- 

 jcubatingseasonin Labrador and \ i* inity . 



