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storm of wind and rain from the west, the worst I have ever 

 seen in this country. Worked on our birds all morning and in 

 the afternoon went out along the beach to the mouth of the 

 river, and thence northward to where the sandy beach gave 

 way to a rocky ridge. The wind nearly blew me off my feet 

 and birds were naturally very scarce." 



We believe that the Wood Duck bred in the swamp at the 

 lower end of this reservoir, as they were seen a number of 

 times during August and September. On September 3 we 

 saw 13 of them. 



CORRECTIONS OF THE A. O. U. CHECKLIST IN 

 REGARD TO BIRDS OF OHIO. 



BY W. F. HENNINGER. 



When the writer reviewed the last A. O. U. Checklist in the 

 Wilson Bulletin, Sept.. Dec, No. 1910, pp. 198-199 he made 

 the statement that evidently neither the pages of the Wilson 

 Bulletin nor any Ohio ornithologist had been consulted by the 

 authors, who worked out the geographical ranges of the birds, 

 as otherwise 'errors and omissions concerning this state would 

 not be found so frequently in it. Some time later on a simi- 

 lar statement was made concerning another state in the col- 

 umns of the Auk. Thereupon the writer corresponded with 

 the editor of the " x\uk " concerning Ohio birds and sent a 

 complete list of the changes that should be made. A long 

 time has since elapsed during which the writer expected the 

 list to appear in the Auk as that was the impression he got 

 from this correspondence, but as this was never done he 

 thinks it is time that the correct records appear in print so 

 that any one can change his checklist accordingly. They are 

 herewith appended ; and one glance will suffice to show how 

 incomplete the checklist is without them as far as the status 

 of many birds is concerned in Ohio and this no doubt will 

 be true in regard to other states. 



1. Garia immer. — Does not breed in Ohio. (Jones. Wils. Bull., 

 June. 1909, p. 68.) 



