Auk, XIV, Jan., 1897, jm». ??-/ °° ■ 
Records of Two Birds rare on Long Island, NT Y. — Contopus borealis. — 
Giraud in his ‘ Birds of Long Island ’ makes no record of this species. Mr. 
William Dutcher in ‘The Auk’ (Vol. VI, p. 137), records the capture of 
the third specimen taken on Long Island (Aug. 11, 18SS), two previous 
records having been made : one by Mr. N. T. Lawrence in ‘ Forest and 
Stream,’ Vol. X, p. 235, and the other by Mr. DeL. Berier in ‘Bull. Nutt. 
Orn. Club,’ Vol. V, p. 46. A single specimen of C. borealis from Long 
Island is contained in the collection of the Long Island Historical Society. 
This specimen was likewise recorded in ‘The Auk’ (Vol. X, p. 276), by 
Mr. Wm. Dutcher. I take pleasure in recording two additional speci- 
mens. Looking for fall migrants in the Parkville woods — now a part of 
Brooklyn — my attention was attracted by three or four birds, all ap- 
parently of the same species and evidently Flycatchers, in the tops of a 
scattered group of lofty old trees whose upper branches were dead and 
leafless. It at once occurred to me that these might be Olive-sided Fly- 
catchers, though the extreme rarity of captures on Long Island was dis- 
couraging to the probability of a whole family presenting itself there at 
one time. In striking contrast to the familiar Kingbird, these birds were 
extremely shy. The least fearful of them was secured after some diffi- 
culty and proved to be a male Olive-sided Flycatcher of the year (date of 
capture, Aug. 29, 1896). September 1, three days later, in the same woods, 
a second specimen was taken. This bird was perched among the branches 
of a large tree which was in full foliage. This specimen was apparently 
alone, and exhibited none of the shyness which had made the previous 
capture difficult. This bird is also a male of the year, but measures longer 
by one half inch than the first. C. 8r« t ' st i n , y n 
Contopus borealis. The Olive-sided Flycatchers were seen in limited 
numbers in the early autumn of 1896 in Brooklyn (Auk, XIV, p. 99). 
They have been observed since in both 1897 and 1898, single specimens 
having been secured on the following dates : September 25, 1897, an 
immature female, and August 27, 1898, an adult male. It should be 
considered, I think, a regular and not uncommon autumn migrant for 
Long Island. Auk, XVI, April, 1899, T 3, 
A Rare Record tor r, 
fine specimen of the Oh 
Island, N. Y. It was a 
tall dead tree in a wool 
not far from this loca 
early date. It is the fir 
rare record for Long 
Heights , N. Y. 
Contopus borealis. An additional record for the Olive-sided Flycatcher, 
rather later than any of the four specimens which I have previously re- 
corded (Auk, XIV, p. 99, and Auk, XVI, p. 192), is one taken at Jamaica 
South, Sept. 26, 1900. This specimen is now in the collection of the 
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. 
Ank, XIX, April., 1902, p . ' V 6 7 
Notes from Western New York. 
Maurice C . Blake, Han over , IT. H. 
Nuttallornis borealis . — I recorded a single bird near Mertensia on May 
17 and one on May 19 , 1906 , in the same locality. These are the second 
and third Ontario County records. 
Auk, 24, Apr., 1907, p. 2.2-Y- 
