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of Spanish moss," and as " composed chiefly of that material. A part 

 of the moss which hung from an oak bough, two feet downward 

 and a foot across, was caught up and closely woven together with a 

 little fibrous substance and much plant-down, to form a swing- 

 ing bed for the nest, with a lateral entrance which will admit the 

 hand. Inside is the nest proper, of the usual dimensions, very 

 neatly wrought of the moss, with a smooth even border, and lined 

 with plant-down and a few fine grasses." From the great difference 

 in the position and structure of the nest, there seems little reason 

 to doubt that Mr. Giles was mistaken in his identification. Nut- 

 tail's account of " its curious 1 fabric, suspended to a kind of rope 

 which hangs from tree to tree," is manifestly fabulous, while 

 Audubon's description, is, to say the least, very vague and unsatis- 

 factory, though, as far as it goes, it certainly most nearly approxi- 

 mates to the specimen before me. 



From the number of individuals I saw near Savannah, Ga., May 5 

 (I heard in Bonaventure Cemetery four different males singing at one 

 time), I am led to believe that the Yellow-throated Warbler breeds 

 more abundantly in Northern Georgia (and perhaps in South and 

 North Carolina) than farther south. 



Buli. N.O.O, a. Cot.. .1877. p, /OX '/0(s. 



%utxii 3lttn*atttrr, 



D'Hamonville's Enumbbation of the Birds op Europe.* — The 

 writej;^ indebted to his friend and correspondent, Baron D'Hamonville, 

 for a copJS(jf his recent Catalogue of the Birds of Europe, which deserves 

 more than a mention on account of the admirably comprehensive 



manner in whichll^las been prepared. AVhile it enumerates every form 

 that has been claimedHoJiave been taken within the limits of Europe, it 

 is careful to designate inV,significant manner the writer's mode of dis- 

 sent. Thus, names believed tfr have no specific significance, or to rep- 

 resent a race rather than a species, are marked with a Greek minuscule ; 

 those whose presence is questioned are given with an interrogation sign, 

 and those whose occurrence is exceptional are also designated. Thus 

 divided, the Baron makes the whole number 658, as follows : — 



* Catalogue des Oiseaux d'Europe, on enumeration des cspeces et races d'oi- 

 seaux dont la presence, soit habituelle soit fortuite, a ete dument constatee dans 

 les Hmites geographiques de I'Europe, par J. C. L. T. D'Hamonville. 8vo. 

 pp. 1i. Paris : 1876. 



