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General Notes. 
The Yellow-rumped Warbler ( Dendrceca coronatci ) wintering 
in Swampscott, Mass. — During tlie last three years I have been in 
the habit of finding these birds in December. But this year I have quite 
frequently seen flocks of from five to forty birds flying about among the 
bushes and junipers. I have taken specimens this winter on December 
14, 1878, February 1, and February 8, 1879. Their occurrence here this 
winter cannot be due to favorable weather, since the winter has been 
severe, and for at least three weeks before the last capture the ground 
was covered with snow. Cape Cod, as given in Mr. Allen’s “ List of the 
Birds of Massachusetts,” is the most northern locality in which this bird 
has previously been known to winter, though most recent lists suggest the 
probability of the Yellow-rumps spending the winter with us. — J. A. 
Jeffries, Boston , Mass. 
Capture of Kirtland's Warbler ( Dendrceca Jcirtlandi ) in the 
Bahama Islands. — This interesting species will, I think, prove not 
uncommon on the Bahama Islands during the winter months. Whether 
it is a resident there remains for future research to reveal ; but I am of 
the opinion that, like most of its family, it is migratory. 
On January 9 a specimen was taken at Hawk’s Nest, on Andros Island, 
which proved to be a female. Its actions much resembled those of D. 
coronata, and it seemed to prefer the thick brush. Its stomach contained 
the remains of insects. I append the following description of the speci- 
men : — 
D. kirtlandi, 9* Above bluish-ash, the feathers of the crown with a 
narrow, those of the middle of the back with a broad, streak of dark brown. A 
narrow semicircular ring of black surrounds the eye, touching its anterior part ; 
eyelids white. Under parts yellow ; throat and breast with small spots, and 
sides of the body with short streaks of black. Greater and middle wing- 
coverts, primaries, and tail-feathers edged with dull white. Two outer tail- 
feathers with a dull white spot on the inner web. Under tail-coverts yellow- 
ish-white. Length, 5.50; wing, 2.75; tail, 2.50; tarsus, .80. — Charles B. 
Cory, Boston, Mass. 
The Eggs of the Redstart ( Setopliaga ruticilla). — I would like 
to give a more complete idea of the size of the eggs of this bird than 
would be conveyed by the figures given in “ North American Birds.” 
The eggs from the Hingham nest (see Vol. I, p. 325) are unusually small 
(.55 x .45). In eleven sets now before me the least length is .59, the 
greatest length .70; the least breadth .48, and the greatest breadth .52. 
The largest set from Swampscott, Mass., averages .688 x .51. Two sets from 
Milan, N. H., average, one, .595 x .495, the other .63 x .49. One from 
Grand Menan averages .65 x .50. Two sets from Lynn average .656 x 
.484. One from Ohio, .68 .51, and two sets from Vermont range from 
.68 to .64 in length, and from .49 to .51 in breadth. Their general average 
is about .66 x .49. — T. M. Brewer, Boston , Mass. 
