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FROM FIELD AND STUDY 31 Jau., 1916 An Unusual 'Ne? Addltlon.--A nest of Black-chinned Hummingbird a?exa?dri) containin? two eggs, apparently far advanced in incubation, was found on May 31, 1915, near Pasadena, and at that time there was nothing to disti?uish it from any typical alexandri nest. It was built upon a slender branch of a sycamore and was more or less sheltered by an overhangin![ leaf. On June 11 the nest was a?ain observed, in the meantime young birds having appeared, and it was noted that nest material had been added to the upper and outward lmrt of the walls, extendi? upward about a half- inch. I had occasion to again visit the nest on June 18, and the tip of the overhanging leaf had been securely caught by spider webbin? to the extended wall, thus forming a somewhat stationary canopy. As a protection from the sun the nest was but little bet- ter sheltered than before. Possibly the leaf drooped down to interfere with the feed- Fi?. 1. NEST OF BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIBD, SHOWING ATTACHMENT OF A LEAF TO THE RiM OF THE NEST ing of the young or to the displeasure of the parent birds for some other reason, and this means was sought for removing the trouble.--HAEOr.D M. HOLLAND, L08 A Record of the Golden Plover In the State of Waehington.--This interesting species (Ch?r?d?/?s dominic,s dominic,s) has never before, to my knowledge, been recorded as occurring in the state of Washington. Therefore it is with ?reat pleasure that I report the capture of an adult female at Dungeness, Clallam County, Washington. This speci- men was collected by Mr. F. P. Mcintyre, of Tacoma, Wash., on November 14, 1915. He very kindly presented it to me, and the skin is now in my collection. Mr. Mcintyre tells me that he saw about a dozen other plover that resembled this one, but that he shot no