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Capture of the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (. Polioptila ccerulea ) in 
Connecticut. — A male of this species was killed here May 11, 1883, by a 
boy with a sling shot, and is now in the cabinet of Mr. Jos. W. Lord. 
The only previous record for Connecticut that I find is the one given by 
Linsley (1843), and since quoted by Allen, Merriam, and other writers. — 
Jno. H. Sage, Portland , Conn. 
Parkman’s Wren in Illinois. — On May 7, 1883, while out collecting 
specimens I discovered a Parkman’s Wren ( Troglodytes a'edon fiarhmani), 
on the side of, a narrow wood surrounded by a marsh. On looking over 
the “Catalogue of Birds of Illinois,” by Robert Ridgway, I noticed nry 
friend Mr. Cole was the first to discover the Parkman’s Wren in this State. 
I immediately called his attention to mine, and on comparing them we 
found them identical. In the catalogue referred to, under the title of 
Parkman’s Wren, it says : “ Several specimens in the collection of H. K. 
Coale from Hyde Park.” This is a mistake, as he has only one specimen, 
mine therefore being the second. Author’s collection, No. 331. Locality, 
Wood Lawn, 111 . — Joseph L. Hancock, Chicago , III. 
Breeding of the Short-billed Marsh Wren ( Cistathorus stellaris ) 
in the Hudson Highlands. —In June, 1882. I found a nest in some 
“cat-tails” and rank grass in the marsh at the mouth of Moodna Creek, at 
Cornwall on the Hudson. The nest contained three white eggs, one of 
which is in my collection. This bird, of somewhat local distribution, 
has not hitherto been reported from the Highlands of the Hudson River. 
— Ettinge Roe, Cornwall-on-the-Hudson, N. T. 
Early Capture of the Orange-crowned Warbler. — As perhaps 
worthy of mention in the Bulletin I may state that I shot a male Helmin- 
thophila celata on March 22, 1883, at Haddonfield, N. J., as it was feeding 
busily in the maples. Although the bird is rare, the date of capture is 
even more noteworthy than the simple fact of its occurrence.- — Samuel N. 
Rhoades, Haddonfield, N. J- 
Occurrence of Siurus n^evius in Greenland. — A specimen of the 
Small-billed Water Thrush was killed at Nanortalik, Greenland, in May, 
1882, and was taken to Copenhagen by Erasmus Muller, one of the Gov- 
ernment of Denmark employees in Greenland. It is now in the Royal 
Zoological Museum of that city. This I believe to be the first known 
occurrence of this species in Greenland. — J. J. Dalgleish, Edinburgh , 
Scotland. 
