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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- 
talfs account of “ its curious .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. 
D’Hamonville’s Enumeration of the Birds of Europe.* — ■ The 
writer is indebted to his friend and correspondent, Baron D’Hamonville, 
for a copy of his recent Catalogue of the Birds of Europe, which deserves 
more than a mere mention on account of the admirably comprehensive 
manner in w'hich it has been prepared. While it enumerates every form 
that has been claimed to have been taken within the limits of Europe, it 
is careful to designate in a significant manner the writer’s mode of dis- 
sent. Thus, names believed to 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 especes et races d’oi- 
seaux dont la presence, soit habituelle soit fortuite, a ete dument constatee dans 
les liniites geographiques de TEurope, par J. C. L. T. D’Hamonville. 8vo. 
pp. 74. Paris : 1876. 
