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General Notes . 
the Northwest,” p. 234), it made its advent into Ohio about the year 1860, 
since which time it has gradually increased in numbers, until it is now a 
common summer resident (see Ohio Agricultural Report for 1874, p. 566). 
In the semi-prairie districts of Indiana, Illinois, and adjacent States, it has 
become generally dispersed, being now common in the cleared portions 
surrounded by heavy forests, and where a few years ago was dense and 
continuous woodland. It has already been captured in Florida (the Na- 
tional Museum possessing a specimen from that State), and should be care- 
fully looked for in other sections of the Eastern States. — Robert Ridg- 
WAY, Washington , D. G. 
The Lark-Finch ( Chondestes grammaca) again in Massachusetts. — 
On November 25, 1877, I had the pleasure of seeing in the flesh a female 
bird of this species, taken the previous day near the residence of Mr. C. J. 
Maynard, Newtonville, who notified me of the fact, and has since kindly 
presented me with the skin. The bird was brought to him by a boy very 
soon after it was shot, who stated it was in company with another of the 
same kind. Mr. Maynard went immediately in search, but only Tree 
Sparrows and a flock of Snow Buntings were to be seen. The Lark 
Finch is a rare bird east of the Ohio River, and there is but one previous 
record for this State or New England, namely, a specimen found in 
Gloucester about 1845 (Proc. Ess. Inst., Vol. I, 1856, p. 224). — H. A. 
Purdie, Newton , Mass. 
A Third Specimen of Helminthophaga leucobronchialis. — Last 
winter, while working among the Warblers ( Sylvicolidce ), in the collection 
of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, I discovered among 
hem a specimen of the White-throated Warbler ( Helminthophaga leuco- 
bronchialis, Brewster), which, according to some writing on the bottom 
of its stand, had been in the dark for nearly fifteen years. The writing 
was this : “ J. C., 20 October, 1862,” and also what I made out to be, 
“Not from Bell,” which was much blurred. The “ J. C.,” which means 
John Cassin (for' it is his handwriting), shows that he once possessed or 
had something to do with the specimen, but how it ever escaped his no- 
tice and found its way into the collection of the Academy without being 
discovered I cannot see. The other is, I suppose, the date of its capture ; 
and it is curious that it should have been taken so long before the one 
which for several years was the only known representative of the species. 
No label was attached to it designating the locality where it was procured, 
its sex or species ; but by careful comparison with Mr. Brewster’s descrip- 
tion, as well as with Mr. Wood’s specimen, I can safely say that it is a 
genuine specimen of H. leucobronchialis , and still further proves the valid- 
ity of the species. As the first two were males, and as this specimen 
closely resembles them, I judge it to be a male also. A paper which I 
wrote on this specimen was read before the Academy, at a recent meeting, 
and will be published in their Proceedings. 
