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poor Grebe fell upon the roof of the buiUliuK. rolled off, ami striking 

 the ground was picked up dead a few minutes later. 



I have a record for the Louisiana Water-Thrush on March 3], 

 1007, and a farmer friend heard a Whippoor-will on March 30 of 

 the same year. 



I am frequently disappointed in being uiial)le to make a record of 

 several rather rare birds that I have reason to believe occasionally 

 visit this region. For instance, a gentleman, who lived many years 

 in the South and who is familiar with the Mockingbird, told me that 

 he was awakened one morning in May of 1907 by its singing out- 

 side of his bedroom window. I have reasons for believing it has 

 been seen in this county on several other occasions. 



On July 3, 1904, I found Redstarts common on the wooded slope 

 across the Ohio River from Steubenville, and also saw a Wilson's 

 Thrush. A strange new song attracted my attention on that occa- 

 sion, and after a while I was able to identify the singer, an Indigo 

 Bunting, singing like a full-voiced warbler. 



II. B. MCCOXNELU 



Loox (Gavia imher). Near Berwyx. Chester County, Pa. — The 

 taking of a pair of this, our largest Diver, by C. N. Cass, in the 

 Chester valley during the snowstorm of November 14, is of more 

 than passing interest locally. According to report, a flock of water- 

 fowl had passed up the Valley creek a short time previous to Mr. 

 Cass' appearance with gun and fishing-rod, at the head of the small 

 dam on the Chesterbrook farm ; and about 4 p. m. a single bird flew 

 down the creek, hitting the water along side of his mate, which had 

 been resting quietly all the while, unknown to the fisherman on 

 the upper side of the small farm bridge, A shot failed of any effect, 

 even to drive them away, though the male was more than once on 

 the wing; and the birds at one time could have been touched with 

 his fishing-pole. Meanwhile his son had been sent to the nearest 

 farm-house for a cartridge, with which the male was secured; an- 

 other trip, and another cartridge laid low the still lingering female. 

 They are now in my collection. Both are adults in winter plumage, 

 and their stomachs were empty. The male weighed ten and a half 

 pounds, and looked very much larger than the female. 



The reluctance of the birds to leave the little, though quite deep, 

 dam, of twenty feet in width ; suggest injury or exhaustion of the 

 female and unusual devotion on the part of the male. 



The storm apparently moved north and northeastward from the 

 South Atlantic coast, turning to snow by noon at this point ; and it 

 is probable that the migrating birds, already weary fnmi long flight, 

 became bewildered, since the species is almost unheard of in this 

 neighborhood. Fraxk L. Birns, Bcnriin. J'a. 



