General Notes. 



The Prothonotary Warbler in Massachusetts. — Mr. J. W. Tliompson 

 picked up on the morning of Sept. 15, 1894, on tlie depot platform at 

 Mattapan Station, N. Y., N. II., & H. R. R., a dead Prothonotary Warbler 

 {Protonotaria citreci). The damaged bill and breast showed plainly that 

 it met its death by striking against one of the mass of telegraph wires 

 that were hanging directly over the spot where it was found. — 

 M. Abbott Frazar, Boston, Mass. 



/iuk XII. Jan. 1895 p; 84 



Protonotoria citrea at Concord, Mass.— I observed a fine full plmnaged 

 male Prothonotary Warbler at very close range in a briery swampy thicket 

 in Concord, Massachusetts, on May 1, 1908. This bird was identical in 

 plumage mth the one shot by Mr. Kennard in Auburndale last May, which 

 specimen is in the Collection of the Boston Society of Natural History. 

 The bird I saw was associated with Yellow Redpoll and Yellow Warblers 

 and was unmistakable. Two other experienced bird students were with 

 me. — LiDiAN E. Bridge, West Medford, Mass. 



Auk 26. Jaly-1008 p, 3/f~22o. 



Two Prothonotary Warblers in Massachusetts.— I wish to report 

 the presence of a Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) in Ipswich, 

 Mass., on Sept. 13, 1913. The bird — a male, I judged, from the brilliancy 

 of its plumage — was associated with a flock of Chickadees near the border 

 of a low-lying, rather moist wood and attracted my attention by a loud, 

 sharp call-note not unlike that of the Water-Thrush. 



This is the first record of the Prothonotary Warbler for Essex County, 

 Mass., and I find in the literature the mention of but twelve birds seen or 

 taken in the State. 



In this connection I take pleasure in adding the record of a Prothonotary 

 Warbler seen in Arlington, Mass., by Miss Mary E. Hadley on May 21 

 and 22, 1912. This bird appeared with a heavy flight of migrant warblers. 



It sang repeatedly a song suggesting a Water-Thrush and often, alighting 

 on fence-posts, peered about them as if in search of a nesting site. — Win- 

 60R M. Tyler, Lexington., Mass. Jlfjlfe "1 "''"-n IQ*'- . P< / tf^ 



