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General Notes. 
The Worm-eating Warbler ( Helmintherus vermivorus) breeding 
in Southern Connecticut. — June 10, 1879, Mr. W. R. Nichols found 
a nest of this species on the side of a ridge sloping toward the east into 
Lake Saltonstall, near New Haven. The nest resembled those already- 
described, and contained four young and one egg. It was identified by 
the capture of the sitting bird. This is, I believe, the first known instance 
of its nesting in Connecticut. While collecting with Mr. Nichols, June 
16, 1879, in the same section of country, we saw a pair of these birds 
which must have nested there, although we were unable to find the nest. — 
George Woolsey, New Haven , Conn. 
The Large-billed Water Thrush ( Siurus motacilla ) in Eastern 
Rhode Island. — The most eastern previous record of this Thrush is a 
specimen in my cabinet, taken by Mr. Ernest Ingersoll at Franklin Sta- 
tion, New London Co., Conn., in June, 1873,* and the only other New 
England records are from Southern Connecticut and Western Massachu- 
setts. In a recent communication from Mr. F. T. Jencks, of Providence, 
R. I., he states that he first met with the Large-billed species in Johnson, 
R. I., on May 11, 1877, on a rocky stream running through what is known 
as the “ Snake Dens,” and probably the wildest spot within ten miles of 
the city of Providence. He then secured a pair, which were the only 
ones he had heard of being taken in the State. On May 2, 1879, while 
collecting along a rocky stream, thickly wooded with large trees, in West 
Greenwich, R. I., Mr. Jencks again heard the loud and striking song of 
the Water Thrush, and soon succeeded in shooting two males. About 
the middle of the same month he again visited this locality, and found a 
pair which were too shy to be taken ; and in a similar place, some four 
miles distant, he found still another pair, which he was also unable to se- 
cure. Mr. Jencks writes that all these birds were seen along rocky trout- 
brooks, and in such localities he has never found them in company with 
their Short-billed cousins, who prefer comparatively still water, although 
he once shot one at Point Judith which was perched on a stone in the 
edge of the water bordering the ocean. 
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We have many inviting localities for the Long-billed Thrush, and 
doubtless erelong shall be able to add it to our rapidly increasing list of 
Eastern Massachusetts birds. — Ruthven Deane, Cambridge , Mass. 
Notes on some of the rarer Birds of Long Island, N. Y. : — 
1. Siurus motacilla, Cones. Large-billed Water Thrush. — 
A male was shot April 12, 1879. 
2. Contopus borealis, Bd. Olive-sided Flycatcher. — I shota 
male at Flushing, L. I., on May 24, 1872. 
3. Cathartes atratus, Less. Black Vulture. — A specimen of this 
Southern species was shot at Sandy Hook during the spring of 1877. It 
* Am. Nat., Vol. VIII, p. 238. 
