First Capture of Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi) on Long 



Island, New York. — A male of this species was captured at Kings Paric, 

 November 25, 1905, by Mr. J. A. Weber who kindly put the bird into my 

 hands for identification. It appears to have wandered far from its habitat, 

 the Rocky Mountains, although there is the possibility of its being an 

 escaped cage-bird. While the freshness of plumage and normal length 

 of claws do not preclude this possibility, the species is not, I am told, 

 one that is caged for sale, and the specimen in question seems to have 

 as good a claim to be recorded as have other unexpected waifs in other 



localities. A specimen of Townsend's Solitaire has been taken as far east 

 as Illinois, December 16, 1875 (Bull. N, O. C, I, 1876, p. 40), the late date 

 suggesting, as does Mr. Weber's bird, some connection between autumn 

 storms and the wafting eastward of purely accidental western visitors 

 like the one now first recorded for New York. — Jonathan Dwight, Jr., 

 M. D., New York City. ^yott, XSUl, imi^MQih W.-'otT-ja^. 



