Some New Records for Nova Scotia. — Among a small lot of bird skins 
sent to me from Sable Island, Nova Scotia, by Mr. Jas. McL. Boutcher, 
I find no less than five species that are new to the Province and two 
others whose presence is purely accidental although previously recorded. 
Almost without exception the birds are young of the year, which goes to 
prove that young birds are most frequently lost, and as all of them were 
captured in the fall, it is extremely probable that they were carried along 
far out of their bearings by autumnal storms. It is well established that 
most accidental visitors in the East are taken in the fall, and the move- 
ment of storm centres in a northeasterly track east of the Mississippi 
undoubtedly has a close bearing upon such captures, 
Geothlypis formosa. Kentucky Warbler. — A young male taken 
September i, 1902, is in first winter plumage as determined by softening 
the skin and examining the bones. The nearest point at which the species 
regularly breeds is New Jersey. 
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