The Plumbeous Vireo in Central New York.— On September 24, 1893, 
I shot an adult female Vireo solitarins pi untie us at Peterboro, Madison 
Co., N. Y. The bird was feeding, just at sunset, among some old apple 
trees together with Robins, Chipping Sparrows, a few Warblers, and a 
Downy Woodpecker or two. Its motions seemed excessively deliberate 
even for a Vireo, though on dissection it proved to be in excellent condi- 
tion, fully adult and moderately fat. In plumage the specimen is perfectly 
typical, agreeing in every way with Rocky Mountain examples with which 
I have compared it. On the other hand, it is much smaller than any of 
the western birds that 1 have seen, measuring: wing, 2.93; tail, 2.27; tar- 
sus, 0.70; bill from nostril, 0.28 inch, thus well within the average of 
true Vireo solitarins. The form of the bill also agrees with that of the 
eastern bird, being much more slender than in the average plumbous, 
though it is approached by some individuals of the latter race. 
I am not now prepared to discuss the significance of these peculiarities, 
and the bird may for the present stand as above. 
So far as I am aware this is the first record of the occurrence of the 
Plumbeous Vireo beyond the limits of its usual range. — Gerrit S. 
Miller, Jr., Cambridge , Mass. 
