Horned Lark. — On April 8, 1895, a female Horned Lark {Oiocoris 

 alfestris) was taken in a field near Oberlin. The condition of its ovaries 

 and plumage gave unmistakable evidence that the bird was sitting. A 

 pair taken on March 16, i8g6, proved to h% fraticola. Other specimens 

 in the College Museum also indicate that in northern Ohio the breeding 

 range of al^estris and of ^raticola overlap. No specimens oi fraticola 

 have yet been taken in December and January, nor early February, 

 which would indicate that its winter range is considerably south of this 

 point. It is unfortunate that the two forms are so nearly alike that they 

 cannot be distinguished with certainty in the field. — Lynds Jones, Ober- 

 lin, Ohio. 



THE WORK OF COMMITTEES. 



As the nesting season closes and the autumn draws on, we need to re- 

 mind ourselves that committees on special investigation are waiting for 

 the notes collected during the spring and summer. It is not only the 

 new facts which may have been learned that will be valuable material 

 for these committees, but the notes on usual habits will be just as val- 

 uable, and as highly appreciated. The important thing is to send in 

 your notes. Mr. J. E. Dickinson, 1122S. Winnebago St., Rockford, 111., 

 will receive notes on Migration ; Mr. H. C. Higgins, Cincinnatus, N. Y., 

 on Nesting ; Mr. Howard P. Mitchell, Mt. Sterling, Wis., on Nestling 

 Down ; Mr. Frank L. Burns, Berwyn, Pa., on the Flicker ; Mr. Lynds 

 Jones, Oberlin, Ohio, on Food and Song ; Mr. Stephen J. Adams, Cor- 

 nish, Me., on Swallows. The greater the mass of notes to be worked 

 over the more accurate will be the final report. Do not allow yourself 

 to delay sending your notes to these committees until they are forgotten, 

 but send at once and so help to bring about a speedy final report. 



CHANGE OF ADDRESS. 



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