<I>Helminthophila leucobronchialis</I> in Maryland

^"Isg^'^J General Notes.

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withstandingitsweaker emphasis,with the fivetoeight notes pitchedall

onthe samekey. Tlie call-notewasnot heard.

Thiswould appeartobethe first

known

occurrence ofthis bird inthe State outsideof

Long

Island,wherethecapture oftwo hasbeen recorded

bjMr.

Dutcher (Auk, V, 18S8, p. 182; X, _1893, p. 236).

—Eugene

P.

BiCKNELL, Neiv

York

City.

OccurrenceofHelinaiaswainsoni in the Dismal

Swamp,

Virginia.

—

During

the early part of June, 1S95,the writer

made

a siiort trip to the Dismal

Swamp,

and, as far as practicable,explored the region bordering

Lake Drummond.

Variousforms of animal and plant lifeoccurringin the localitydemonstrateconclusivelythatthe northern extension of the Austroriparian region includes this

swamp

area.

The

cane {Arntidi- jiarid) grows

commonly

through the

swamp

aswell as alongthe lake shore,and often forms extensive, almost impenetrable masses.

On

the

morning

ofJune2, neartheedge ofone of these canebrakes, the writer hadthe pleasure of seeing a Swainson's Warbler which,althoughrather wary, alighted within a few feet of him, but immediately flew offand

was

not seen again.

On

the following day an adult male was secured nearanold

boggy

road, a couple of miles from where the firstonewas seen,and on June5, still another was observed.

The

last,like the first, alightednearby,and,afterlookingatthe collector for afew

moments,

dis- appeared in the thicket.

From

the

number

seen it is probable thatthe species is a

common summer

resident.

—

A. K. Fisher,

Department

of Agriculture, Waskingt07i,

D.

C.

Helminthophila leucobronchialisin Maryland.

— ^An

^{adultmale speci-}

men

of thisWarbler wasshotat Beltville, Md.,notfarfrom Washington, D.

C,

onthe firstof May, thisyear,by Mr. A. H. Thayer,

who

brought

ittotlieNational Museurn for identification.

The

bird

was

secured in exchange for the National

Museum

collection

(Museum

register No.

150,120). It is a very typical one, absolutely without any trace of yellow onthe breast or

abdomen,

but with rather

more

blackonthepost- ocular streakthanis

shown

in the plate

accompanying

thedescription of thetype,and considerably

more

thanin the specimen shot by Mr.

Wm.

Palmernear Washington,

May

8,1885(No. 105,684).

Some

ofthefeathers of the cheeksare black,afeaturenot

shown

inthetype, norin the above- mentioned example collected

by

Mr. Palmer.

The

back is clear ashy gray, with the faintest possible tinge of yellow in the interscapular region.

The

crown and

wing

bands are bright yellow, as in the type.

—

Chas.

W. Richmond,

Washington, D. C.

Nestingof Helminthophila leucobronchialisinConnecticut.

— My

col- lector, ]SIr.

Samuel

Robinson, found here June 24, 1S94, a nest of this puzzling W^arbler containing four eggs, but did not disturb^it.

The

next dayIvisited the spot and started the female from the nest a

number

of