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General Notes . 
©ctmal Mated. 
Kirtland’s Warbler again in Ohio. — I have been informed by Mr. 
R.|K. Winslow and other ornithologists of Cleveland, O., that two specimens 
of Dendrceca kirtlandi were taken at Rockport, Cuyahoga County, O., 
by William and John Hall, during the past season. One of these is a 
female, the first of the sex taken. Both were captured within two miles 
of the spot where the original specimen was taken by Dr. Kirtland. A 
third specimen is said to have been taken in that vicinity about the same 
time, but I was unable to obtain any definite information concerning it. — 
J. M. Wheaton, Columbus, 0. 
Vireo atricapillus in Texas. — The acquaintance with this beautiful 
little Yireo has been so limited that any remarks or dates of additional 
capture cannot fail to be of interest. We find, in Baird, Brewer, and 
Ridg way’s “ North American Birds,” that but three or four specimens of 
this Vireo have been previously recorded. One specimen, “ probably a 
female,” was obtained at Mazatlan, on the western coast of Mexico, in 
April, by Colonel Grayson.” It was “ first met with by Dr. Woodhouse, 
on the 26th May, 1851, in Western Texas. This was on the Rio San 
Pedro, within ten miles of its source.” Dr. Woodhouse obtained two 
males and “ Mr. John H. Clark, the naturalist of the Mexican Boundary 
Commission, likewise found this species in Texas, and not far from the 
same locality in which it was discovered by Dr. Woodhouse.” Mr. Clark 
shot a single specimen in June. 
Since the above citations I believe there has been no record made of 
further captures. The following is an abstract from a letter received by 
me from Mr. George H. Ragsdale, to whom I am indebted for information 
regarding his recent experience with the Black-headed Vireo : — 
“On the 20th of April, 1878, while collecting some birds at Camp Verde, 
in the northern part of Medina County, Texas, my friend, Mr. W. Norris, who 
accompanied me, shot a male of this species, shooting the bird at random, not 
knowing its rarity. On the 2d of May, 1878, I collected a female in Comanche 
County, about one hundred and fifty miles northeast of Camp Verde. The 
specimen, like the former, was found in post oak woods on upland. On the 
3d of May, 1878, I shota second male, while singing, in the northeastern part 
of Earth County. The song resembled that of Vireo belli, only weaker. Both 
specimens which I shot were exceedingly shy, darting into thick bushes at 
sight. I am convinced as to the breeding of this species on the borders of the 
Red River in Cook County. In 1876 a Vireo’s nest which contained one egg 
was shown me by a person who declared the bird had a black head. I watched 
the nest for some days, but the parent did not return, and the egg was lost. 
The locality in which the nest was found was identical with that in which I had 
collected the birds, and I have never found Bell’s Vireo breeding in such a 
locality.” 
