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Notes on Rhode Island Ornithology. 



ville Warbler {Helmintkophila rubricaptlla), Parula Warbler {Covip- 

 sothlypis america?ta usnecB), Oven-bird (Seiuries atirocapillus), Water 

 Thrush (5. ttoveboracettsis), Maryland Yellow-throat {Geothlypis irtchas), 

 Redstart (^Setophaga ruticilla), Catbird {GaUoscoptes carolineusis), 

 Brown Thrasher \^Harporhy7ichiis, ruftcs). White-breasted Nuthatch 

 I {Sitta carolineusis), Chickadee {Parus atricapillus) Robin [Meriila 

 migratoria), and Bluebird (Sialis sicilis). 

 Fort Adams, Newport, R. I. Louis di Zerega Mearns. 



A Rare Capture. — Mr. Newton Dexter writes me that he took a 

 Marbled Godwit {^Limosa fedoa') at Sakonnet, R. I., on August 29, 1900. 



Editor. 



Notes from Newport, R. I. — Tryngites subruficollis, Buff-breasted 

 Sandpiper. One shot on Sept. 15, 1900, on a lawn near a beach at 

 Castle Hill. 



Icterus spurius. Orchard Oriole. Two were seen near Fort 

 Adams on June 9 and 22, 1900. 



Icteria virens. Yellow-breasted Chat. Seen throughout June, and 

 on Aug. 4 and 5, 1900. 



Louis di Zerega Mearns. 



ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE NOTES, 1900. 



The notes here given are either earlier or later than those for the species given in 

 ' The Birds of Rhode Island.' 



Wilson's Tern (Ster?ia hirundo). Abundant, Sept. 26, 



1900; one Sept. 30, 1900. 

 Black Tern (Hydrochelidon n. sttrinamensis). One, Sept. 



18, 1900. 

 Semipalmated Sandpiper {Ereunetes pusilliis). Three, 



July 14, 1900. 

 Spotted Sandpiper (AciMs mactilaria). One, Oct. 3, 



1900. 



Vicinity • 

 of Newport, 



Turnstone {Arenaria iiiterpres). Thirty, Sept. 18; six, \ j r),,jc Hi Z 



Oct. 3, 1900. 

 Nashville Warbler {Helini7ithophila rub ricap ilia). One, 



Sept. 10, 1900. 

 Yellow Palm Warbler [Dendroica p. hypochrysea). Two, 



Sept. 15, 1900. 

 Water Thrush {Seiurus noveboracensii). One, Aug. 12, 



1900. 

 Pipit {Antkus pensilvanicus). One, Sept. 16, 1900. 



Mearns. 



