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measurements were taken: extent of wings, 4 feet 3 inches; length, 23 inches; tarsus, 2.20; tail, 10.00; culmen, 3.00; lanceolate feathers of throat, 2.70.
The specimen was sent to Mr. Ridgway for positive identification, and is, so far as known, the only C. c. principalis, captured in Illinois. The specimen is now in the collection of the Chicago Academy of Sciences.—Frank M. Woodruff, Chicago, Ill.
The Ipswich Sparrow.—A Correction.—Dr. Jonathan Dwight, Jr.'s, interesting monograph of the Ipswich Sparrow[1] brings into prominence a boyish and ill-advised note on this bird which I published in the 'Bulletin' of the Nuttall Ornithological Club (Vol. II, pp. 27, 28). I regret that I have left the note so long unexpunged; but it is not too late to mend the matter, and I withdraw the record now.—Nathan Clifford Brown, Portland, Me.
Second Occurrence of the Lark Sparrow in Virginia.—While collecting on the 'Dry Isaacs' (one of the sandy islets on the ocean side of Cape Charles) on August 24, 1895, I flushed from the grass an immature male Chondestes grammacus, which after considerable trouble, owing to its wildness, I secured.—William Palmer, Washington, D. C.
The Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina) in the Maritime Portions of South Carolina.—On September 13, 1895,1 shot an adult male Cape May Warbler from the top of a live-oak tree. It was in company with many other Warblers, all being busily engaged searching for insects. The next day I procured another male which I shot from the same tree. Previous to this date there was much stormy weather accompanied with heavy rain which lasted for tight days. The Cape May Warbler is a verv rare bird in the maritime districts of South Carolina, and these two are the only individuals which have ever been taken on the seaboard.—Arthur T. Wayne, Mount Pleasant, S. C.
The Carolina Wren in Connecticut. — While collecting in a grove about five miles from Bridgeport, April 20, 1895, Dr. E. H. Eames and the writer found two Carolina Wrens (Thryothorus ludovicianus) occupied in running about a stone wall. On June 13, we found both old birds and shot two young ones. The young, which had probably been out of the nest a week, had only a faint chirp and were not as active as the adults.—H. H. Taylor, Bridgeport. Conn.
The Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) on Long Island, South Carolina.—I shot a beautiful adult male of this Nuthatch within ten yards of the front beach on November 14, 1895, on Long Island, S. C. It was
- ↑ Memoirs of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, No. II. Cambridge, Mass. August, 1895.
