Dcpai tment of Zoological Miscellany. 49 



ZOOLOGICAL MISCELLANY. 



Wj\i. HuBBELL Fisher, Editor. 



SNOW BUNTING, Plcctropliaiics nivalis, (i,.) meyer. 



Rev. John \V. Shorten, a well-known ornithologist, formerly 

 of this city, and now of R )ss, Butler County, Ohio, writes under 

 date of January 3, 1887, as follows : 



"Yesterday while driving from one of my preaching appoint- 

 ments to another in this (Butler) county, I had the pleasure to see 

 a large flock of Snow Buntings, Plectrophanes nivalis, Meyer. They 

 flew directly across my path and so close that I had a good view 

 ot them, and could not mistake the species- -I have handled many 

 of them. This bird is reported by our local collectors as an 'oc- 

 casional winter visitant.' But, in all my collecting, I have not 

 met with it heretofore. All of the specimens that I have handled 

 were sent to me from farther west. I thought my ornithological 

 friends would appreciate this item, and so you have it." 



Very respectfully, John W. Shorten. 



AMF"'^'*N rough-legged HAWK, Aixkibutco Lagopus Sancti-Jolian 

 nis, (Gmel.) Ridgw. 



James B. Shorten, of Cincinnati, Ohio, has mounted a Rough- 

 pegged Hawk, which he reports taken on or about January 7-9, 

 1887, at Ind'-n Hill, (Plainville), Hamilton County, on the Little 

 Miami Rive., Ohio. — body dissected by Wm. Hubell Fisher, sex 

 of bird, male;,;also a Rough-legged Hawk, taken on or about January 

 2, 1887, at Greensburgh, Indiana, (a large specimen), body dis- 

 sected by Wm. Hubbell Fisher, sex, female (?) This species is very 

 uncommon in Southern Ohio. 



RED-TAILED HAWK, Bi/tco boiraHs, (Gill.) Vieill. 

 Contest with the common Anie' "an Crow, Connis frugivo) us, Bartr. 

 At Lyons Falls, Lewis < y, New York, jn the spring of 



