KIRTLAND’S WARBLER. 265 
southern Ontario, and one taken by Ernest D. Wintle near Mon- 
treal in 1S90. 
Accidental stragglers have been taken in New England, but it is 
chiefly a Western bird, breeding in the far North, though it winters 
in the Southern and Gulf States. 
KIRTLAND’S WARBLER. 
Dendroica kirtlandi. 
Char. Above, slate blue, the feathers of head and back streaked with 
black ; line across forehead and through the eyes, black; beneath, yellow, 
breast and sides spotted with black ; two white wing-bars ; white blotches 
on tail. Length to 6 inches. 
Afj/andAiyJ. Unknown. 
Only a few specimens of this bird, discovered by Dr. Kirtland, 
near Cleveland, in 1851, have as yet been seen, and these few were 
captured in Ohio, Michigan, \Visconsin, and Missouri during the 
spring migrations. Mr. Charles B. Cory secured one in the Baha- 
mas in winter. The habits of the bird are unknown, but Mr. 
Chubb, who shot a male and female near Cleveland in 18R0, says ; 
“ I am inclined to think they are rather terrestrial in their habits, 
frequenting bushy fields near woods.” 
Note. — The Carboxated Warbler {Dendroica carbonatd), 
mentioned by Nuttall on the authority of Audubon, who killed two 
specimens in Kentucky’, has been placed on the “ Hypothetical 
List ” by the A. O. U. Committee, as has also the Blue Mountaix 
Warbler {Detidroica moniand) and the Small-headed War- 
bler {Sylvania 7 nicrocephala'), mentioned by’ Wilson and Audu- 
bon. No specimens of either have Ireen taken in recent years. 
On this same list has been placed the CiNCrxxAxr Warbler {Hel- 
minthophila cincinnatiensis), which is probably a hybrid of H. 
pious and G. formosa; also Lawrence’s Warbler {H. laivrenci) 
and Brew’STEr’s Warbler {H. leucobronchiaiis'), hoX.\\ supposed 
to be hybrids of H. piniis and H. chrysoptcra. 
Mr. F. M. Chapman states that he saw a typical leiicobroncJiialis 
in New Jersey in May, 1890. 
Townsend’s Warbler {Dendroica townsendi), described by 
Nuttall and named in honor of its discoverer, is a rare bird of the 
Far West, and its claim to mention here rests on the accidental 
occurrence of one example near rhiladelphia in 1S68. 
