Lincoln’s Sparrow aad the Blue-gray Gnatcateber in Connecticut. I 
have recently examined a female Melospiza lincolni taken at East Hart- 
ford Conn., Sept. 21, 1885, by Mr. Willard E. Treat. It was accidentally 
killed when shooting Geotklyfis trichas. He writes that on April 24, 
. 1 886, he winged another of these Sparrows but did not capture it. It was 
in thick brush and extremely shy. 
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Auk, 3, Oct., 1889. p. ' 
ro Gemeral Notes 
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Melospiza lincolni.. —A male of this rare Sparrow, now in my collec-i 
^ tion, was shot here September 21, 1892, by Mr. W. E. Treat. 
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/frfo , ■£/!.) ’ Auk X, April, 1893. p. 207. 
Gemeral Notes 
Unusual Habits of Lincoln’s Sparrow. — While collecting Warblers from 
the top of an elm tree May 23, 1892, I shot two Lincoln’s Sparrows, one 
male and one female. Their manner of feeding and hopping about the 
branches so closely resembled the Warblers with which they were associ- 
ated that I could scarcely distinguish one from the other. As this species 
is of retiring habits and supposed to be confined to low bushes and 
thickets, I consider this worthy of note. — Willard E. Treat, East 
Hartford , Connecticut. 
Auk X, April. 1893. d. H03. 
General Notes. 
Notes on Some Connecticut Birds. — Melospiza lincolni— This shy 
Sparrow was not uncommon here from September 2r to Octobers 1893. 
Eight of these birds were secured by Mr. W. E. Treat. JW (%. 
Auk XI. April. 1894 p; 181 
