. . _ , _ . Aiik, XV. July, 1B98, p. 37^- 
Accidental Death of a Hooded Warbler (Sylvania mitrata). — On Mar 
27, 1898, while wandering along a roadway in the vicinity of Great Timber 
and Beaver Swamp, Cape May County, New Jersey, in company with Dr. 
William E. Hughes, a male Hooded Warbler attracted our attention by 
its uneasiness. 
While searching tile surroundings for its nest, the Doctor discovered a 
female Hooded Warbler suspended by a horse hair tightly looped around 
the lower part of the neck, it having slipped up underneath the feathers,, 
and the other end was tangled among some small twigs and briars, where 
it no doubt was caught while the bird was carrying the material to line 
her nest with. She was hanging about two feet above the ground with 
her head dropped back exposing her throat, the feathers of which were 
parted by the action of heavy rains of the past few days. The condition 
of the bird was apparently fresh, and no nests of this species were found 
containing more than one egg at this time. — J. Harris Reed, Beverly^ 
N-J. 
