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lection is a set of live eggs of this species, taken at Davis Station, Ind., 

 June 3d, 1887. Mr. C. E. Aiken informs me he found them in marshes 

 bordering sloughs in Lake county, in 1871. 



Profonotaria citrea (Bodd) — Prothonotary Warbler. I desire to express my 

 appreciation of the work of Mr. Herbert W. McBride in exploring the 

 counties of Elkhart, Lagrange and Steuben, in Indiana, and St. Joseph 

 county, Michigan, thereby adding materially to our knowledge of the range 

 of the birds in that region, and especially in extending the known range 

 of the Prothonotary Warbler into all of these counties. It was found com- 

 monly in all but Steuben. This, with Mrs. Jane L. Mine's discovery of the 

 species in DeKalb county, is very interesting to students of bird distri- 

 bution. 



For the following notes 1 am indebted to Mr. C. E. Aiken, of Salt Lake 

 City, Utah, well known for his zoological investigations in Colorado. He 

 formerly lived in Chicago and collected in northwestern Indiana, in 1860- 

 7-9 and 71, and occasionally in later years : 



Ardea egretfa (Gmel) — American Egret. Mr. Aiken informs me it breeds 

 on the Kankakee river, near Water Valley, Ind. 



Charadriuf. s'jiiatarola (L) -Black-bellied Plover. One was killed by Mr. 

 Aiken, in Lake county, in 1871. 



Contopus horealis (Swains) — Olive-sided Flycatcher. Not rare in Lake 

 county where I obtained a number of specimens in 1871. (Aiken.) 



Xanthocephalvs xanthocephaJus (Bonap — ) Yellow-headed Blackbird. Found 

 abundantly along the Calumet river, in Lake county, in 1871, (Aiken.) 



CoccothravMes vespertina (Coop) — Evening Grosbeak. A large number of 

 specimens were obtained near Whiting Station, Ind., in 1886-7, by Mr. 11. 

 A. Turtle, of Chicago. (Aiken.) 



Loxia curvirostra minor (Brehm) — American Crossbill. One of the most 

 interesting of Mr. Aiken's notes is one of the occurrence of the crossbills in 

 the extreme heat of summer, in the vicinity of Chicago and northwest 

 Indiana. Of the American Crossbill he says: " In July and August, 1869, 

 this bird became very abundant in the door yards in Chicago, and remained 

 until late in the fall. They fed greedily upon seeds extracted from sun- 

 flowers and were so sluggish that one could approach within a few feet of 

 them, so that they fell an easy prey to boys with catapults. In the latter 

 part of August, of the same year, I found them common in flocks about 

 farm yards in Lake county, Indiana. 



Loxia leucoptera (Gmel) — White-winged Crossbill. Accompanied the pre- 



