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west. In early days, the occurrence of the 

 Magpie in the state was not uncom- 

 mon — ." 



Just why the Magpie is appearing again 

 in the neighborhood of Sioux City is not 

 known, for the sudden occurrence of so 

 many birds at one time, and the state- 

 ment of a neighboring farmer that they 

 spent the previous winter in the same 

 vicinity, would tend to show that the 

 birds were not merely stragglers, but pos- 

 sibly a part of a more extended migra- 

 tion. — Walter W. Bennett, Sioux City, 

 Iowa. 



A Correction 



In the published record of our Christ- 

 mas Census (Bird-Lore, xvii, p. 25) 

 from Wyoming to West Medford, Mass.. 

 for "Mourning Dove" read Meadowlark. 

 — Edmund and Lidian E. Bridge. 



Winter Records of the Slate-Colored 

 Junco in Southeastern Nebraska 



In the migration data on the Slate- 

 colored Junco, published in Bird-Lord 

 for December, 1914, occurs this state- 

 ment: "Southeastern Nebraska — -Rare in 

 winter." This certainly does not cor- 

 rectly reflect the status of the Junco in 

 this locality, as is indicated by the 

 accompanying field-notes from the writer's 

 notebook. Winter bird-lists have been 

 made at Lincoln, Nebraska, on the fol- 

 lowing dates: 1908, Dec. 12, Dec. 14, Dec. 

 22; 1909, Feb. 6, Feb. 21, Feb. 28; 1910, 

 Dec. 18, Dec. 31; 1911, Jan. 29, Feb. 12, 

 Dec. 5, Dec. 17; 1912, Dec. i, Dec. 1$, 

 Dec. 24, Dec. 2q; 1913, Jan. 26, Feb. 9, 



Feb. 18, Dec. 14, Dec. 28; 1914, Jan. 11, 

 Jan. 18, Feb. i, Feb. 17, Feb. 28, Dec. 6; 

 1915, Jan. 10. Juncos were definitely 

 recorded on all the dates given in italics, 

 and not seen on the others. This shows 2 i 

 records from 28 field-trips, which would 

 seem to indicate that the chances of seeing 

 the Junco on a winter bird-trip in this 

 locality are about three out of four. — 

 R. W. Dawson, Department of Rnloiuol- 

 og\\ U . of N. 



A Familiar Winter Wren 



During a recent week of high wind at 

 freezing temperature that caused evident 

 discomfort to our bird population, I 

 found a Winter Wren one evening chum- 

 ming with my Canary in my den — a small 

 sun-room. This bird had lost his tail, but 

 seemed not to be inconvenienced by the 

 accident, nor to be at all alarmed at find- 

 ing himself inside of a house. He remained 

 over night, and during the next forenoon 

 explored the house, running up and down 

 the window-curtains, searching all the 

 nooks and corners as he would have done 

 in a woodpile. I finally opened the door 

 for him, through which he hopped. Next 

 day I was surprised to find him again on 

 the Canary's cage. This time I let him 

 stay, to see if he would find the way out 

 by which he had come in. He would 

 alight on my head or shoulder, or fly so 

 close that his wings fanned my face. I 

 finally found that he was coming through 

 a small hole in a basement window-pane. 

 He came the third day, but after that the 

 cold subsided and I did not again see him. 

 — ]MiLTON O. Nelson, Troutville, Ore. 



