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1920 J Eifrig, Haunts of Cairns' Warbler. 551 Lake trail, August 21 another was taken from among a flock of several along the small stream entering Rice Lake from the east. Regulus satrapa satrapa Licht. Golden-crowned Kinglet. July 22, 1914, a male specimen was shot on the east shore of Lake Isabelle. Hylocichla ustulata swainsoni (Tschudi.). Olive backed Thrush. 1912: Common in the region about Clear Lake during latter June and early July. 1914: Frequently seen and heard again in the first men- tioned locality; August 21 an Olive-backed Thrush was caught in a mouse- trap set under an old log in deep woods at the first rapids of the Isabelle above Rice Lake. The same say another specimen was shot at a small lake one mile east of Rice Lake. Hylocichla guttata pallasi (Cab.). Hermit Thrush. Common in the region about Clear Lake during July, 1914. On the 7th a nest with four eggs was found by one of my companions, Prof. N. L. Huff, in a small sphagnum bog sprinkled with low spruces and tamaracs, along the old unused portage trail around the first two rapids of the North Kawishiwi river. July 11, a male bird was shot on the Clear Lake trail opposite these rapids. University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. IN THE HAUNTS OF CAIRNS' WARBLER BY C. W. G. EIFRIG. Every ornithologist, professional or otherwise, knows with what joyous anticipation one from time to time returns to the scenes of former explorations. There is a halo of romance around the places and the time of one's early efforts in ornithology, where his first love and enthusiasm led him forth on many trips, always eager, expectant, and on the verge of new discoveries. This was the writer's state of mind, when June 14, 1918, he once again found himself at Oakland, near the south-western corner of Maryland, in the so-called glade region of the Maryland Alleghanies, his ultimate goal being Accident, a quiet hamlet about twenty miles north, but still in Garret County. Nature had on her most engaging smile as I set out for my destination over the fine new state road, that connects Oakland with the Old National Pike at Keyser's Ridge. A walk or drive over this road reveals the