Field Notes. 55 



The great difference in size and tlie extended blaeli on tliroat 

 made identification easy enougla ; but my time was limited, for no 

 sooner was the discovery made than tlie entire flociv immediately 

 took wing and was off. This was to be regretted as there may have 

 been additional Bohemians in the lot. 



Benj. T. Gault, Glen Ellyn, DuPage Co.,' 111. 



T'owHEES Unusually Common in Ohio. — In direct contradiction 

 to the general condition of the bird population the Towhee (Pipilo 

 crijthrophtJiaJmiis) is reported as wintering in considerable numbers 

 over at least the northern half of the state. While one may be found 

 here and there in particularly favorable places during almost any 

 winter it has never before been true that numbers of them together 

 sufficient to be called flocks have been recorded. Mr. George L. For- 

 dyce, reporting from Youngstown, finds both male and female plum- 

 ages in the same flock. About Oberlin only the male plumages have 

 been observed. IJ; would seem that weather and food conditions dis- 

 tinctly favorable to the maintenance of the Towhee would be fully 

 as favorable for the sparrows, Cardinal, and Junco. 



Lynds Jones, Oberlin, Ohio. 



A Golden Eagle Taken in Alabama. — The Golden Eagle (Aqitila 

 clinjsaetos) is supposed to be of rare occurrence east of the Missis- 

 sippi River, — hence this note. An immature specimen was taken near 

 Florala, Alabama, January 17, 1908. This eagle, together with an- 

 other, very probably of the same species, had killed some sheep and 

 lambs for a sheep owner, who then put out some poisoned mutton. The 

 eating of this poisoned meat caused the death of one of the eagles. 

 Measurements showed that it was practically full-grown, although 

 it had not the adult plumage. The back of the head and nape were 

 ochraceous buff, streaked with gray and browi). The tarsi, which were 

 feathered to the toes, and the under tail-coverts were ochraceous 

 buff finely streaked with brown. The tail was crossed by grayish 

 bars. The rest of the plumage was dark brown. The bill was blue 

 black. The iris, which is hazel brown in the Adult, was very light 

 yellow in this specimen. 



Sheep raising is an important industry in southern Alabama and 

 western Florida, and the o^^^lers claim that the Bald Eagle, also, 

 kills sheep. For this reason, many eagles have been destroyed dur- 

 ing the past years, until now these magnificent birds are somewhat 

 rare in this section. G. Clyde Fisher. 



Records from Cedar Point, Ohio, Winter of 1!M»7-0S. — The unus- 

 ual character of this region, so often exploited in these pages, grows 

 on one the more familiar he becomes with it. The records which 



