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RECORDS OF SOME RARE BIRDS IN NEBRASKA.— The 

 following records of the occurrence of several species of rare 

 birds in this state are worthy of note : 



■Gray-headed Junco {Jiuico pliaeonotus caniceps) . — On 

 April 19, 1911, Mr. Chas. S. Ludlow of Red Cloud, Webster 

 county, took the first specimen of this species to be definitely 

 recorded for the state, though in the "Birds of Nebraska" the 

 statement is made that it was expected to occur in western 

 Nebraska in winter. Concerning the taking of this specimen, 

 Mr. Ludlow says that there had been a thunder-storm the night 

 before, and the morning was clear, with a cold north-west 

 wind. The bird was first seen in a peach tree, singing a low, 

 sweet song somewhat resembling that of the Tree Sparrow, 

 and from the tree it flew to the ground, where he watched it 

 from a distance of not over twenty feet while it scratched 

 around. It then flew to a brush pile, joining a flock of Tree 

 Sparrows, and here Mr. LudloAv shot it. It is the only speci- 

 men of the species he has ever seen. The sepcimen is now in 

 the collection of Mr. J. T. Zimmer of Lincoln. 



Western Grebe {Aechuiopliorus ocoidentalis) . — A specimen 

 of this grebe was taken by Mr. A. L. Wilson, a ranchman, at 

 Horseshoe lake, Lincoln county, November 10, 1908, and is now 

 in the collection of Mr. August Eiche of Lincoln. 



Cinnamon Teal (Ouerquedula cj/anopfera) . — A male was 

 shot by Mr. Charles Armstrong at Greenwood, Cass county. 

 May 4, 1909, being one of two specimens seen. 



Northern Phalarope {Lobipes lobatus) . — A pair in full 

 breeding plumage was taken by Mr. George Pinneo at Lincoln, 

 June 6, 1908. 



A Magnolia Warbler (Dendroica magnolia) was observed 

 by the writer at Omaha, May 10, 1908, and a Canada Warbler 

 {misonid, canadensis) was seen on the same day and in the 

 same locality, Child's Point. 



Robert H. Wolcott, Lincoln. 



