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OEN^ITHOLOGIST 



[Vol. 1:3-^0. 9 



here; ranges up to 12.000 feet. None seen in 

 .spring. 



110. Trinijoidcs macrdarins (Linn.), Gray. 

 Spotted Sandpiper, common, bi-eeds; found 

 along all the streams in rlie county; up to 

 1J,(I(I0 feet. 



111. Lubipi's hi/perboreiis (Linn), Cur. 

 Northern I'halarope, rare, a few seen about 

 some deserted beaver dams, live miles soutli of 

 Ft. Lewis. 



112. Grus canadensis (Linn.), Tennn. Sand- 

 hill Ci-ane, rare, only seen by me during spring 

 and then only far .south at 0000 feet. Cannot 

 say whether it breeds in the county or not. 



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 A tlock of eight geese were seen dying over 

 in spring of 1SS7, do not know what they were, 

 the only biids I have seen. 



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113. Aiut>: busviis (Linn.) Mallard, rare as 

 are all the ducks, never seen in f.-iU. 



114. C/Kiuh'Idxmiis streperus (Linn.), Uray. 

 Gadwall. rare, a few seen each year at the 

 beaver dams. 



115. qucrqucdula discors (Linii.),Steph. Blue- 

 wing Teal, rare; a few seen iu the spring. 



IIG. Fulix marila (Linn.), ISaird. .Srau)i 

 Duck, rarest of the rare; have seen but one in 

 the fall. 



117. Fiilij-alliuis (Eyt.), Baird. Little Black- 

 head, reported to me by a ranchman and I also 

 saw some in a market in Durango. Was told 

 they were taken on the lower Las Aniinas. 



118. Histriunicus minutits (Linn.) Dresser, 

 common at 10,000 feet, where it breeds near 

 some snnill lakes, or rather Buffalo wallows. 



119. Podkups /tulholU, Htiiuh. Ainericau red- 

 necked Grebe, rare, seen occasionally about the 

 beaver dams. May breed but 1 have not seen 

 its nest taken here. 



This ends tile list up to date. Many other 

 species probably occur but if so I have not as 

 yet noted them, but with a longer experience 

 in the county I hope to yet add at least thirty 

 more species and lind many of these 1 have 

 listed as rare to be much more couunon. The 

 VVInte-tailcd Ptarmigan {Lui/opus Icacurus, Su.) 

 occurs in the mountains without a doulit, and 

 such is the case with otlier mountain birds but 

 as I have not seen them they are ondted. 



In a list of the birds of this county which 1 

 shall issue the coming summer I shall be able 

 to give fuller notes and add certain species 

 which the many revisions in nomenclature has 

 left me "on the fence" in regard to. 'i'he new 

 variety of ./unco, (.7. </. sltutlddti) will be de- 



scribed, and the Lark lately separated by Mr. 

 Henshaw (0. a. arenlcla,) as well as the wesl> 

 ern variety of D. aestiva, whicli has also been 

 separated by Mr. II. K. Coale. In the mean 

 time I hope the present list may be woith some- 

 thing and if it in any way helps tlie student 

 in any one case I shall feel well repaid for un- 

 dertaking this list. 



Winter Notes from Raleigh N. C. 

 (1887-8). 



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The |iast winter has bad but few remarkable 

 features as far as Ornithology- is concerned, 

 though the mildest we have had iu eight years 

 no warm weather stragglers have visited us and 

 our regular winter visitors have been present 

 in their usual abundance except the Ruby 

 crowned Kinglet which has been very scarce, 

 tliough the Gold crown was qviite coramou. Of 

 the birds which occur irregularly in wiuter 

 here, I'urple Finches were very abundant up to 

 tlie end of December, but have not been very 

 plenty since then; Pine Finches have been 

 faily common all winter; Shore Larks were seen 

 four times but none taken. Of the Nuthatches 

 the Red-breasted has not heeu observed at all, 

 while several of the White-breasted species 

 have stayed with us all winter. A few 

 Thrashers wintered here as usual and a single 

 Towhee was seen on Feb. 22. 



Of larger birds a short-eared Owl was taken 

 Jan. 12, our first wint(^r record and a tine <? 

 Summer Duck was brought to us to mount on 

 Feb. 1. DuclvS have been unusually scarce all 

 winter, in fact I only saw two and those not 

 near enough to identif}'. 



Crows were unusually common throughout 

 the winter, feeding on the peanut fields and 

 late in the meadows ; whatever degree of liking 

 a Crow lias for corn, he is certainly death on 

 peanuts. 



Late Nesting of the Yellow-billed 

 Cuckoo. 



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On September 1st, ISfSS, two eggs of the Yel- 

 low-billed Cuckoo {Coccyzus americamcs), well 

 incubated, were found in Chester County, Pen- 

 sylvania. This is believed to be one of the 

 latest dates of the nesting of this sjiecies in 

 that locality on record. 



