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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. 



Char. Above, slaty brown, head bluish ; head and back streaked 

 with black ; line across forehead and through the eyes, black ; beneath, 

 yellow, breast and sides spotted with black; white blotches on tail. 

 Length 5^ to 6 inches. 



Nest and Eggs. 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 South Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, 

 and Missouri during the spring migrations. Mr. Charles B. Cory 

 secured one in the Bahamas in winter. The habits of the bird are 

 unknown, but Mr. Chubb, who shot a male and female near Cleve- 

 land in 1880, says: " I am inclined to think they are rather terres- 

 trial in their habits, frequenting bushy fields near woods." Mr. 

 Chapman suggests the probability of these birds breeding " in the 

 Hudson Bay region." 



Note. — The Carbonated Warbler {Dendroica carbonatd), 

 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 War- 

 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 

 {Helminthophila cincinnatiensis ), which is probably a hybrid of 

 H.pinus and G. formosa. 



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. 



