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Juuco liiUeni Ridgw. WHITE-WINGED JUNCO. 
In the Auk for January, 1885, page 32, Prof. W. W. Cooke 
records a specimen of this bird from Jefferson, Wisconsin, 
January 14, 1883. In answer to our inquiries for more infor- 
mation regarding the capture, Mr. Cooke states that he now 
has considerable doubt of his record, and does not consider the 
species entitled to a place in a Wisconsin list on his evidence. 
Vireo belli And. BELL'S VIREO. 
This bird has been taken within a few miles of the Wis- 
consin line in Illinois, and near Chicago, by Xelson. Although 
it has been credited to the fauna of Wisconsin the proof is still 
lacking. A specimen sent to us for the purpose of verifying 
the record proved to be V. noveboracensis. In the early forties 
Thure Kumlien procured specimens of a vireo which he called 
belli, of which he had no description, simply to distinguish it 
from (/Urns. This led to some confusion with Lawrence, 
Baird, and others who had not seen the specimens. The bird 
referred to was later described by Cassin as V. philadelphicus. 
Dentlroiea kirtlandii Build. KIRTLAND'S WARBLER. 
We regret that there is no actual record for the state of this 
rare warbler. All lists, and the best of authorities, include 
Wisconsin in the geographical distribution of the species, but 
on no better evidence, so far as we know 7 , than that Dr. Hoy 
once "saw it." We do not doubt this in the least, but it hardly 
makes a record to be so widely quoted. Dr. J. M. Wheaton (1) 
in speaking of the species soon after its discovery says : "These 
two are the only individuals discovered, unless it be one shot by 
Prof. Hoy, of Racine, Wisconsin, " but later (2) simply states 
that "Dr. Hoy thinks that he has seen it at Racine." In Hoy's 
list of 1852 he simply says: 4k I met one single individual of 
this recently discovered species, at Racine, May 20, 1853." 
Thure Kumlien, during fifty years' residence in Jefferson 
County, near Lake Koshkonong, and in one of the best warbler 
territories in America, would not admit that he was ever sure 
of having seen it. The same was our experience until May 24, 
1893, when we stood watching an unusual number of w r arblers, 
flitting from bush to bush across a willowy marsh near Lake 
Koshkonong, and scattering as they reached the higher trees. 
We were wondering how some of our migration experts would 
1. Ohio Ag\ Report, I860, Second Series, p. 374. 
2. Geol. Surv. of Ohio, Vol. IV, 1882, p. 264. 
