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Sv.-allow-tailed Kite {Ehuioides forjicatiis). — July 14, 1905, 

 I watched a pair of these birds as they circled around in the 

 air. The locality was a few miles north of Lincoln. 



Goshawk {.Istiir atrlGaf)illu,s).^A single individual of the 

 Goshawk was noticed November 16, 1907. 



Richardson Owl {Crjito^laivx funerea richarrlsoni). — I saw 

 a Richardson Owl on October 19, 1907. The bird was perched 

 on a low shock of grass near a patch of woods along Salt Creek 

 and allowed me to approach to within a few feet without tak- 

 ing fright. Even then it did not seem to see me, although it 

 was beginning to grow dusk, but became alarmed by the snap- 

 ping of a twig on which I inadvertantly stepped and took wing, 

 flapping slowly across the creek. 



Olive-sided Flycatcher {J^uttallomis borertlis). — At Roca, 

 Lancaster county, on September 4, 1909, Mr. M. H. Swenk and 

 myself noted a bird of this species which I secured. It was a 

 female. 



Yellow-bellied Flycatcher {Eitvpidonax flavij-enfris) . — On 

 :\ray 21, 1910, Dr. R. H. Wolcott and I observed Yellow-bellied 

 Flycatchers south of Roca but were unable to secure a 

 specimen. 



Alder Fly csiteher'Empidonax trailli alnorinn) . — I have two 

 specimens of this flycatcher, which has not been included here- 

 tofore in the list of Nebraska species. One of the specimens, 

 a male, was taken at Lincoln on May 20, 1909, and the other, 

 a breeding female, was secured at Union, Cass county, on July 

 23, 1910. 



Horned Lark {Otocoris alpestris). — On December 24, 1908, 

 I obtained a specimen of the true 0. alpestris from a flock of 

 0. a. praticola. The bird was singled out of the flock almost 

 immediately on account of its larger size and its more extended 

 yellow markings. 



^leSidowlsiY^{Stur7ielUnnaina). — On three occasions, Nov- 

 ember 14, 1908, April 9, 1909, and February 23, 1911, I have 

 seen and heard meadowlarks which I could not satisfactorily 

 call S. ne electa both on account of their markings and their 

 song, w^hich latter was radically different from that of the 

 western species. A male which I secured on April 9, 1909, 

 proved to be easily referable to mairta. 



Leconte Sparrow {Pdsserherhulus leconfei). — As a particu- 

 larly early record for the Leconte Sparrow I have a specimen 

 which I obtained on March 17, 1909. 



