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One measuring seven feet, two inches in extent was caught in a steel trap by 

 Charles Fry, near Fairfield, Ind., December, 1895. The trap was set for skunks 

 and was baited with ral)hit. 



7. Pelecanus eryfhrorhynchos (Gmel. ). American White Pelican. 



One shot in the Wabash Kivernear Lafayette, Ind., about September 29, 1895. 

 — L. A. and C. D. Test. 



8. Chen hyperboren (Pall.). Lesser Snow Goose. 



March 1-i, 1895, some sportsmen killed eight from a Hock of twenty, near 

 Greensburg, Ind. Those killed were immature, and the others seemed to be also. 

 —Prof. W. P. Shannon. 



9. Anas penelope {1 Ann.). Widgeon. 



Since our last meeting records have been received of two more European 

 Widgeons from Indiana. One, the second noted from the State, a young male, 

 was killed in the Kankakee marshes, near English Lake, Ind. It was shot from a 

 flock of Baldpates by Mr. .J. F. Barrell, April 7, 1895. The specimen is now in 

 the collection of Ruthven Deane, Chicago, 111. Mr. Deane has also reported a 

 specimen in the collection of Dr. Nicholas Rowe, of "The American Field," 

 Chicago, 111. It was killed at English Lake, Ind., in 1881 or 1882. This is the 

 third record for Indiana, and the fifth for the interior of the United States. (The 

 Auk, Vol. XII, No. 3, p. 292. See also Proc. Ind. Academy of Science, 1894, 

 p. 78. ) 



10. Cakarius lapponicus. (Linn.) Lapland Ijongspur. 



A hundred were seen at Morgan Park, 111., October, 17, 1895, when it 

 became abundant. Next seen October 26. Most abundant winter resident. 

 — Eliot Blackwelder. 



11. Ammodramus caudaciitus nelsoni. (Allen.) Nelson's Sparrow. 



Eliot Blackwelder, Morgan Park, 111., reports it from that locality Septem- 

 ber 28, 1895. He says it is not common and breeds there. 



12. Ammodramus leeonteil. (And.). LeConte's Sparrow. 



Mr. Blackwelder saw six at Morgan Park, 111., April 21, 1895. He next 

 noted them April 22. One day — the week of A})ril 25 — he shot three, and F. M. 

 Woodruff, who was with him, shot another. 



13. Loxia curvirosfra minor. (Brehm.) American Crossbill. 



There seemed to be a flock of seven on and near Purdue University campus 

 (Lafayette, Ind. ) which were observed on the following dates, 1895 : March 30; April 

 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29; May 1, 3, 4, 7, 11, 17, 18, 

 20, 21. 22. They may have remained later, but the observers were absent 



