i s a ee pee pe a at 1 i os ‘ 
collection of Arther H. Morton. Ou es! sro dic’ and the record or 
ished. (tn the: yrogeed ings: of “the Portland Soc ety “oF 
796-997. The other. was 
T hediever inc hi 
possibility that. these two records 
Norton wrotec m t 1 record Pf his syecimen would be vnublished 
above bebidbdrnhot: say where It was - n.As he collects oN the 
in the company of Mr.,Rackiiff E- think it so: ible that he may 
have secured -his:specimen’ from the Tarmer. -ackl lot wrote me recently 
that)..he ha 1d taken ene specimen of rostrata last winter and had it 
Lified-. by competent cauthority. Toam-now -investizating the two 
me ‘that both Avhornemannt erilipes and A. . 
rate shoukdh occur: in’ mina but T know no ‘published wedoeds of either 
eing taken -save:as above noted. 
T inelose’ stamps to re-imburse you for’ your outlay for 
postage on the bok and’ tov pay return Dostage*'on the: rtedvoll skins. 
aay 
Again thanking: you for’ your kindness T remain 
fours truly 
Hammond St 
Bangor, Maine 
Ss) Tf you hanven to spend ha collecting season in Maine in >O7 
and should be able te teome’ to Panger during the last week of May I will 
take great pleasure in showing. you the breeding erounds of Dendroica 
Sf raN a ¥ : 2 
yvalmarum hypochrysea. There igs a bog between Bangor and Qrono Which’ Us 
at. least & mides long ‘by 1-2 mile wide. lumerous pairs of thes varblers 
preed here annually and I have nersonably e*amined 6 
which contained young.T have never had time to make yery 
exhaustive searches for their nests but I am convinced that one who did 
have time would be able to ‘take many | sets of their eggs in a season. 
The nest quite early as T have’ found young on Memorial Day. 
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