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General Notes. 
across inside, and about half as deep, is a thick felt, of down and feathers, 
made substantial by interwoven stalks. This part in its appearance sug- 
gests the work of the Eastern Wood Pewee. On the floor of the cave is 
some architectural rubbish, with matted feathers, giving evidence that an 
old nest was cleared out for the new. The eggs (variously advanced from 
one to four days) are five, which probably is the average number of this 
species and of the Winter Wren. These measure about .75 x .55 inch, 
but otherwise look like the eggs of a small warbler ; for instance, like a 
common type of the Maryland Yellow-throat’s eggs (though, when blown, 
not in the least creamy), being crystal white, dotted, spotted, and rarely 
blotched, chiefly toward the crown, and nowhere profusely , with reddish- 
brown, generally light, but not bright in tint. Shell very delicate.” — 
Elliott Coues, Washington , D. C. 
Dendrceca palmarum palmarum in New York. — In the spring 
of 1877 I secured two specimens of Dendroeca palmarum , which, differing 
from the ordinary Eastern form of this species ( hypochrysea ) agreed closely 
with the description of var. palmarum, Ridg. To avoid all possible error 
of identification, however, the birds were submitted to Mr. Ridgway, who 
pronounces them typical palmarum, one of them being “ unusually bright.” 
This bird is therefore entitled to a place in the New York fauna, which 
connects the most eastern records of its occurrence as given by Mr. Ridg- 
way — Carlisle, Pa. and Washington, D. C. — with the isolated New Eng- 
land one since made by Mr. Deane. I take the liberty of appending some 
interesting remarks on this topic by Mr. Ridgway, who states that he has 
“ recently Seen specimens of pure hypochrysea collected by Mr. Henshaw 
on the banks of the Mississippi, in Louisana, showing that while in its 
winter migration D. palmarum spreads over the greater part of Florida 
and throughout the West Indies, D. hypochrysea also at the same season 
spreads to the westward through the Gulf States, the winter habitat of the 
two forms within the United States being thus in a measure identical.” — 
E. P. Bicknell, Riverdale, New York City. 
The Yellow-ruiMped Warbler ( Dendroeca coronata) breeding in 
Eastern Maryland. — During the latter days of June, 1879, while tem- 
porarily stationed at Havre de Grace, Md., in the interests of the United 
States Fish Commission, I discovered a family of Dendroeca coronata 
breeding. The locality was on the banks of the river, a short distance out 
of town, in a clump of low cedars. The female had apparently had the 
right humerus fractured, as the wing, when closed, instead of lying against 
the body, pointed upward. She could only make short flights at a time, 
and when pursued always made her way by flitting and hopping to the 
tops of the small trees before renewing her flight. I nearly caught her 
with my hand several times. It is very probable that it was on account 
of the crippled condition of the female that the birds had chosen so south- 
ern a locality for nidification. The male appeared to be all right, but 
acted rather indifferent regarding the fate of his family. 
