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 Notes from Field and Study

sons. To this, the Captain further wrote: "My son says that the Swallows were still with him this summer." Thus it would seem that the Swallows of Caldwell, New York, have. for generations, had a nesting habit peculiar to that locality—Buttrox

W. GATES. Warumr, Marx.

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A Large thbe's Nest

The accompanying photograph shows a Phtebe's nest which was built on the stone wall of a bridge two feet wide and three feet high, under which the water troin a small ravine pass ,. The nest, which was within two feet of the mouth of the bridge. measures ten inches high and six inches wide, and gradually tapers from the center to the hottom.—C, F. Sl‘ONE, Brant/marl. N. Y.

The Palm Warbler in New Jersey

The Palm Warbler (Dendrnim palmne rum), usually one of ollr rarest fall mi— grants, was rather common during the past season in the vicinity of Plainﬁeld. New jersey I noted six individuals, four in one Rock, on September 22, two on the follow-

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low Palm Warbler, on the other hand. was scatter than usual, a single bird met with on October + being the only one observed. —W. DEW. MILLER. Plain/felt]. A’. J.

The Pine Grosbeak at Englewood, N. J.

It is not often, now-a-days, that I have the pleasure of adding a new name to my list of Englewood birds, and a Pine Gros- beak which visited me October 25 of this year received a correspondingly cordial wel- come. The bird's clearly whistled arr/tee- mu/Icij't'r. or u’llel-w/Iet-ttuhee, at once announced the presence of a stranger; and an imitation of the calls met with a quick response. the bird eventually drinking from a pool of water within ten feet of me.

Not only is this the ﬁrst bird of the spe— cie w ich I have seen at Englewood, but the date of the bird's occurrence is surpri- singly earlyr Dr, L. B. Bishop writes the that three individuals of llll‘ pecies were seen at New Haven. Connecticut. October go. and other reports from Brattleboro. \‘er- mont, by Mrs. E, B. Davenport. and Mo— natlnock. New Hampshire, by Gerald H. Thayer. southward movement of Pine Groslreaks.7FR \Mi M. CHAPMAN. Eng/meant, Nr 7‘

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The Twenty-first Congress at the Ameri- can Ornithologists' Union

The twentytirst congress of the Ameri- can Ornithologists' Union was held at the Academy of Natural Scient-es in Philadel- phia, November l7-ll'), too}. The intend» anct: was large, the papers presented were of a high order, and the congress was one of the most successful ever held by tlle Union.

The elet'linn for ofﬁcers- and members resulted as follows: President. Charles B. t:or, vicerpresidents. Charles F. Batt‘hel~ tier. E. w. Nelson: John H. Sage: treasurer, j. Dwight, Jr count-il— ors, Frank Mr Chapman. Rtlthven Deane, William Dutcher. A, K. Fisher, Charles W, Richmond, Thomas S. Roberts. Wit- nu-r Stone; corresponding fellows, Dr. Emil A. Gueldi, Para. Brazil; Dr. E Ll. Hellmayr. Miinich; Dr. Peter Sushkin.

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