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 Sept., 1909 leALL NOTES leROM EASTERN KANSAS 163 birds taken were found along a line of hedge thru a hay field. They were fairly com- mon but were hard to secure, as they were silent and kept hidden in the thick base of the hedge. I saw the flight song given on one occasion. Those taken are intermediate in measurements between brachydaclyla and occidentalis, but apparently belong to the former, as they agree closely with the eastern race in color, and the wings and tail do not average long enough for the western. 57. Icteria virens virens. Yellow-breasted Chat. These shy birds were fairly common along the hedges in the fields. They were entirely silent and we only secured them by beating the hedges carefully, one on each side. Usually they slipt along ahead of us to the end of the hedge, and then we could locate them. .All those taken were exceedingly fat. 58. Wilsonia pusilia pusilia. Wilson Warbler. One taken in a hedge September 14, 1908. It is an immature male in fresh plumage. 59. Wilsonia pusilia pileoiata. Pileolated Warbler. An immature female taken September 17, 1908, from the same locality as the preceding, is referable to this form. To my knowledge this is the first publisht record of the occurrence of this variety within the state. 60. Setophaga ruticilia. American Redstart. Rather rare both seasons. The nesting birds had nearly all left and only a few stragglers remained. We shot one that dropt into the creek, and while We were watching it, and debating how to secure it, a big bull-frog swam up from the bottom and gobbled the bird whole, disappearing with a splash, thus settling the matter and the bird as far as we were concerned. 61. Dumetelia carolinensis. Catbird. Very common in the thickets on the hillsides, where we secured quite a series of them. One bird was still in the juvenile plumage, with rufous markings showing on the abdomen and lower breast. 62. Toxostoma rufum. Brown Thrasher. These birds were common in the thickets, and along a gully which ran thru camp. We secured a good series of them, and all were in clear, fresh plumage. They were rather shy, but were more easily secured than the smaller birds. While we were beating the thickets they frequently flew up into the tops of the smaller trees, and scolded us. 63. Thryothorus ludovicianus. Carolina Wren. During the first year the only birds of this species noted were seen along Washington Creek, more than a mile from camp; but in 1908, three or four had their haunts in a gully that ran past the camp, and we heard them every day. Usually at daylight a pair would waken us by their loud scolding notes just outside the tent, but later in the day they were more secretive, and we secured only one specimen after considerable trouble. 64. Troglodytes aedon parkmani. Western House Wren. Not common. A few found along stone fences and brush piles during 1908, and one taken. They were rather shy and silent, as usual at this time of the year, and could have been easily overlookt. 65. Sitta carolinensis carolinensis. White-breasted Nuthatch. Several of these birds were taken, all in the larger bottom woods along Washington Creek; but they are not at all common at any time here, and would be easily overlookt by one not familiar with their notes. 66. Baeolophus bicolor. Tufted Titmouse. Common everywhere in the timber. Several birds of the yea.rf and a good many adults were taken. These birds were not as noisy as they lei the winter. 67. Penthestesatricalfillus .ta,t.ptllns. Chickadee. These birds were abundant everywhere in the timber, and  ,arge series of them was collected. They were