Sprague's Pipit near New Orleans, La

When Audubon received the first specimens of this bird he considered it identical with the Mourning Warbler of the East, notwithstanding that Townsend regarded it as distinct, and not having published a plate of the latter species he drew'one from these western specimens and issued it with the title Sylviafihiladelfihia. Upon Townsend's return he demonstrated to Audubon that the two birds were distinct and a drawing of the eastern species was thereupon published, also (this time correctly) eutitled •S•ylvfa fihiladel2•hltt.The fifth volume of Audubou's 'Ornithological Biography,' which appeared soon after, contained the accounts of the two species, the western one being described as new under' the name of Sylvia macgillivrayi.Townsend meantime prepared his 'Journal' for publication and in the appendix included a list of the birds found by him in the West, and descriptions of such as had not already beeu described by Audubon.Among the latter was this Warbler which he called Sylvia 7•lmleL after W. F. Tolmie an officer of the Hudson Bay Company whose acquaintance he had made at Fort Vancouver.Townsend supposed that Audubon would use this name, as he had indicated it on the specimens that he had sent him, and he was much annoyed to find that he had substituted Sylvia macg'illlvrayl for it, claiming at the same time that his own name tolmiei had priority t.This claim has not been recognized in late years, but investigation shows tha• Townsend's 'Journal' xvas issued and received at the Philadelphia Academy by April x6, 1839, while Audnbon's fifth volrune was not received at the London Athenaeum until June 22 of the same year, and did not of course reach America until later still.These facts show that Townsend's name has clear priority, and in the interests of accuracy and justice it is a satisfaction to make the correction.Macgilliw'ay's Warbler' should therefore stand in our list as Geolhly25i• tolmiei; whether or not the common name shall also be changed to Tolmie's Warbler we shall leave to the judgment of the A. 0. U. Committee.--WIT•m• STON•, Acad.Ahzt.Scœene•% PhiladelJ•hia.Sprague's Pipit near New Orleans, La.--On Nov. 24, •898 , I fonnd in the drier parts of a favorite Snipe field, across the Mississippi from New Orleans, five Sprague's Pipits (Anl/tus sfira•wtet'i): I had found them, as had also Messrs. Pring, Kopman, and W. B. Allison, in the vicinity of the city before, but these were the first I had seen for some years, and were earlier than any noted in former years.I flushed the birds repeatedly, shot one, a female, and had excellent opportunities for watching their • Jour. A. N.

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