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ON TWO NEW SCOTER RECORDS AND TIIE EAST- 

 WARD RANGE OF THE PINION JAY.— On November 1, 

 1910, at Cody lake near Cody, Cherry county, Mr. George A. 

 Turner shot a young male White-winged Scoter iOideniia de- 

 ilandi), and an adult female Surf Scoter (Oideinia j)ersj)irJJ- 

 lata), and, not recognizing the species he gave them to Islr. 

 J. F. Parks of Hot Springs, South Dakota, v^ho sent them to 

 me for mounting. These two ducks are now the property of 

 'Mr. Parks at Hot Springs. Both species have previously been 

 recorded from Lincoln and Omaha, but records of Scoters 

 in Nebraska are always interesting. 



During the month of November and in early December, 1910 

 a flock of Pinion Jays visited the grounds of the Norfolk 

 Asylum. One was shot and brought me to be mounted. While 

 the bird is common in the western part of the state, I feel 

 quite sure that they seldom visit as far east as Madison county, 

 as I have never seen them here before and jays are usually 

 in evidence when anywhere in the neighborhood. 



L. Sessions, XorfoUc. 



PINE GROSBEAKS AND BOHEMIAN WAX WINGS AT 

 LINCOLN.^-During' the winter just passed flocks of these 

 two birds were seen repeatedly in the small grove of cedars 

 about the Superintendent's residence on the University Farm 

 Campus. The Pine Gros'beaks {Phdeola enncleator lericjira) 

 were first noted by Swenk on November 7, 1910, when a flock of 

 thirty or forty alighted in the cedars, remaining only a few 

 minutes but yet long enough to enable complete identification. 

 Smaller flocks were again noted on November 15 and Novem- 

 ber 21 by both Swenk and Zimmer. The Bohemian Waxwings 

 iBonihi/cilla iarrula) were first seen by Zimmer on November 

 8, 1910; then none were noted until February 22, 1911, when 

 a flock of twenty-three were noted by Swenk, they remaining 

 in the cedars for several hours. They were noted for the last 

 time on IMarch 6 hy Swenk. 



Myron H. Swenk and J. T. Zimmer, Lincoln. 



SO.ME BIRD NOTES FROM LINCOLN COUNTY.— Little 

 Brown Crane {Qrus inexicmins). — A record for this bird was 

 made by the identification of a head and foot which was 

 brought to me by one of the pupils of the North Platte High 

 School. She secured these parts of the bird from Dr. Drost, 

 a resident of the city. When questioned the Doctor said he 

 was shooting ducks over decoys on a slough north of the 

 North Platte River. A flock of about fifty birds came in over 



