The Kentucky Warbler ( Oporornis formosus) at Sing Sing, N. Y. 
— At this place, in June, 1875, I found the nest, containing three fresh 
eggs, and secured the two old birds of this species.f The woods where 
they were found is a long belt, which lies on both sides of a stream which 
originally must have been much larger. It lias worn away ravines some 
thirty or forty feet deep ; in other places it has expanded into shallow 
flats. The length of the stream is about three miles, and it runs in a ra- 
vine through the very heart of our village, and empties into the Hudson. 
The stream now is quite small, and the level places along the banks of the 
upper portion are covered by weeds, ferns, and scanty undergrowth. The 
woods which overhang the stream along its course, only broken now and 
then by a field or pasture, are composed of large hemlock, oak, and chest- 
nut trees, under which there is little undergrowth, and the rays of the sun 
hardly penetrate their thick foliage, making a cool and shady retreat. 
Here, this spring and summer, seemed the very paradise for the Kentucky 
Warbler. While collecting, May 21, I saw four flitting here and there 
among the small plants, and secured two ; May 22 I collected four more ; 
the 24th, four were seen, and I shot three ; the 27th, I saw two ; on the 29th, 
a mile up the stream, I saw another, and my friend, Mr. George Hyles, 
shot one still higher up. June 1 and 4 I saw a pair near where the first 
ones were seen, and on the 20th of June found their nest containing five 
young, which left it June 29. June 9, in a woods some miles distant, I 
saw a male. June 26 I saw still another, and from its actions it must have 
had a nest or young near, but from want of time I did not look for it. 
July 5 a male came under my window, and, perching on a shrub, warbled 
out his short but lovely song. The same day Mr. Hyles saw a male four 
miles south of this place. Allowing the same ones were sometimes seen 
twice, there have been at least sixteen individuals here, and undoubtedly 
four nests. — A. K. Fishes, Sing Sing, N. Y. 
+ Am. Nat., Vol. IX, No. 10 , October, 1875 , p. 573 . 
Bull N. 0.0. 3, Oct., 1878, p. /?/ -/?«*• 
Bird Note a from Long Island, N.Y. 
William Dutcher. 
16. Geothlypis formosa. Kentucky Warbler. — Mr. Giraud says: 
“The specimen in my possession was shot in the woods at Raynor South, 
— and a few others have been procured in the same section. On no other 
part of the Island have I observed it, and I consider it with us a very 
scarce species.”* In the Lawrence collection in the American Museum, 
there is one specimen, a male, labelled, “Raynor South, May iS, 1S34.” 
Since the lists of Giraud and Lawrence were published no other record 
has been made; therefore, it gives me pleasure to record a specimen, a 
male, which was sent to me by Mr. Skipworth from Fire Island Light, 
where it struck during the night of August 19, 1S88; wind west, squally, 
with rain and fog. 
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*Birds of Long Island, p. 50. j 
Attk, VI. April, 1889. p. f3*f . 
Ofoneral Notes 
Geothlypis formosa. — This bird, which I have previously recorded as a 
rare summer resident, I found to be fairly abundant, in suitable situations, 
throughout the season of 1891, as well as during the week from June 13 to 
18, 1892, inclusive, which I spent there, so that it seems not improbable 
that it was overlooked in previous seasons. Towards the close of May, 
1891, I discovered a nest, containing one egg, but it was soon afterward 
invaded by a Cowbird, and deserted. Young out of the nest weie found 
during my visit in 1892. , LjJr 
Auk X, April. 1893. p.209. 
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Dutcher, Bare Long Island Birds. 
Geothlypis formosa. Kentucky Warbler. — This specimen was shot 
by Col. Pike in Lotts Woods, Flatlands, in May. He considers them 
rare on Long Island, and has not seen a specimen for some years. 
Auk X. July, 1893 p 277. 
