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southern Ontario, and one taken by Ernest D. Wintle near Mon- 
treal in 1890. 
Accidental stragglers have been taken in New England, but it is 
chiefly a Western bird, breeding in the far North, though it winters 
in the Southern and Gulf States. 
KIRTLAND’S WARBLER. 
DENDROICA KIRTLANDI. 
Cuar. Above, slate blue, the feathers of head and back streaked with 
black ; line across forehead and through the eyes, black; beneath, yellow, 
breast and sides spotted with black ; two white wing-bars; white blotches 
on tail. Length 5% to 6 inches. 
Nest and Z£ggs. Unknown. 
Only a few specimens of this bird, discovered by Dr. Kirtland, 
near Cleveland, in 1851, have as yet been seen, and these few were 
captured in Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Missouri during the 
spring migrations. Mr. Charles B. Cory secured one in the Baha- 
mas in winter. The habits of the bird are unknown, but Mr. 
Chubb, who shot a male and female near Cleveland in 1880, says: 
“T am inclined to think they are rather terrestrial in their habits, 
frequenting bushy fields near woods.” 
Note. — The CARBONATED WARBLER (Dendroica carbonata), 
mentioned by Nuttall on the authority of Audubon, who killed two 
specimens in Kentucky, has been placed on the “ Hypothetical 
List” by the A. O. U. Committee, as has also the BLUE MOUNTAIN 
WARBLER (Dendroica montana) and the SMALL-HEADED WaAR- 
BLER (Sylvania microcephala), mentioned by Wilson and Audu- 
bon. No specimens of either have been taken in recent years. 
On this same list has been placed the CINCINNATI WARBLER (/Ye/- 
minthophila cincinnatiensis), which is probably ahybrid of 7. 
pinus and G. formosa; also LAWRENCE’S WARBLER (/7. lawrenci) 
and BREWSTER’S WARBLER (4. leucobronchialis), both supposed 
to be hybrids of H. pimus and H. chrysoptera. 
Mr. F.M. Chapman states that he saw a typical lewcobronchialis 
in New Jersey in May, 1890. 
TOWNSEND’S WARBLER (Dendroica townsendi), described by 
Nuttall and named in honor of its discoverer, is a rare bird of the 
Far West, and its claim to mention here rests on the accidental 
occurrence of one example near Philadelphia in 1868. 
