Wilson's Phalarope, Phalarofzis tricolor . — However common this 

 bird may be in other parts of the state, it is certainly a rather rare species 

 here Four specimens only, all taken on April 26, 1895, while feeding 

 on the mud flats of the mill-pond. 



Bald Eagle, Haliacctus Icucocefhalus. — A beautiful male taken by 

 myself at Delavan Lake, October 25, 1895. I was well out of sight in 

 my duck blind, far out on a point, when I first saw this grand bird sail- 

 ing up the lake, high above the water. I remained perfectly quiet and it 

 flew almost directly over the blind and was almost motionless in the air, 

 with eyes looking down, watching the decoys, when shot. Falling some 

 twelve or fifteen rods out in the water, it only reached shore after a 

 vigorous flapping of the wings, which it at once commenced. 



Yellow-bellied S\i>svck^k, Sf>hyra;piC7is varius. — I had always looked 

 upon this species as a rather uncommon bird, and was therefore much 

 surprised to find on April 11, 1896, that they had literally "taken" 

 the town. There were " Sapsuckers " everywhere, hundreds and hun- 

 dreds of them, and the strange part of it was I had not seen one before 

 this season. On taking a walk into the country at evening I found them 

 here also in almost as great numbers as in town. Some shade trees, 

 which would have from fifteen to twenty birds in them, were fairly dripp- 

 ing with sap and covered with the sticking insects, mostly small flies and 

 a species of winged ant. Although their notes are not loud, yet owing 

 to their abundance they were, at times, very noisy. The next day (April 

 12), I did not see a bird in town during the forenoon, but found them 

 fairly common in the country in the afternoon. They seemed to have 

 given place to the Flickers, which were exceptionally abundant this day, 

 both in town and through the surrounding country. Saw a few of the 

 Yellow-bellied, however, on the 19th, and the last pair of the " wave" on 

 the loth. 



Evening Grosbeak, Cocothranstes 7'espfrthiits. — Very common last 

 winter — seen from January 21 to March 30— the first occurrence here to 

 my knowledge. 



One of the most noticeable things about last season's bird life (1895), 

 was the especial abundance of the Baltimore Oriole and Kingbird. 

 Both species have already appeared in large numbers this season. 

 The Rose-breasted Grosbeak is also on the increase, but my old 

 favorite, the Brown Thrasher, does not seem to hold its own. — N. Holl- 

 iSTER, Delavan, Wis. 



Notes from Oberlin, Ohio. — Ducks found on the JVater-zuorks 

 Pond. — A new water-works pond of several acres extent was completed 



