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tail was slightly pinkish and there were faint dark stripes on its 

 breast. It was strikingly conspicuous in contrast with the other 

 birds both in flight and on the ground. 



Margaret M. Nice. 

 Norman, Okla. 



COWBIRD LAYS IN PROTHONOTARY'S NEST 

 The writer does not remember having read of tne Prothonotary 

 Warbler (Protonotaria citrea) as being among the list of birds 

 imposed upon by the Cowbird (Molothrns atrr). While collecting 

 on May 22 of this year at Horn Lake, in the southwest corner of 

 Tennessee, the writer found several incomplete nests of this war- 

 bler as well as one containing three fresh eggs. On the following 

 day the set was collected, and in the meantime another egg of the 

 Prothonotary and one of the Cowbird had been deposited. The 

 nest was built in a willow stub in a submerged willow woods and 

 was several hundred feet from the shore. An old woodpecker's 

 hole had been used, the eggs being about six inches below the 

 hole. The Cowbird is not a common breeding bird in the lower 

 Mississippi valley. Further south, at Vicksburg, Miss., years ago, 

 of hundreds of nests examined only in one instance was a Cow- 

 bird egg found. At Nashville, Tenn.. less than one per cent of 

 small nests found hold the eggs of the species. 



Albert F. Gaxier. 

 Nashville, Tenn. 



NOTES FROM ASHTABULA COUNTY, OHIO 



White-winged Crossbill. During the winter of 1919-20 I added 

 this species to my list of the birds of this county. Late in Novem- 

 ber a large flock began to arrive, and remained until the first of 

 March. 



Bohemian Waxwing: On December 22 a flock of 32 settled in 

 an apple tree in front of the house. Small flocks were seen until 

 February 18, 1920. 



Red Crossbill: On January 20, 1920, a flock of 20 settled in an 

 open field near where I was at work and remained in the neigh- 

 borhood until the 30th. 



Evening Grosbeak: On January 17, 1920, I found one in a 

 small willow tree on the border of a creek, and on the 19th there 

 •were two in a thorn bush near the same place. Others were seen 

 at different times until February 15. 



Orange-crowned Warbler: On April 29 I found three in a small 

 thicket of swamp white oaks. They remained in the neighborhood 

 until May 9. 



Olive-sided Flycatcher: On May 15 I found this species, the 

 first time for the county. 



Blue Grosbeak: While looking for birds, on May 21, attention 



