Editorial. 49 



The Avinter wliicii is just passing in northern Ohio has been the 

 most severe winter in a quarter of a century or more, yet the win- 

 ter bird life has been unusual iii the number of birds present, 

 among which our Robin has been the most conspicuous. Crows 

 have also been much more than usually common. In the Cadiz 

 Republican there have been reports of great numbers of Robins 

 all the winter. From Steubeuville comesi the report that during 

 the most severe weather, when snow covered the ground, many 

 Robins died of starvation. From many parts of the state, both 

 east and west, reports have come in of great numbers of Robins 

 all winter. The cause of this unusual occurrence seems hard 

 to understand, particularly when it is remembered tliat the win- 

 ter weather began in November with unseasonably cold weather 

 and snow. The food suppl.y seems to 'baxe been only normal. Vn- 

 usual occurrences of this sort on the part of many species of 

 birds needs investigation before we have any right to assume that 

 it is capricious rather than governed by well defined natural 

 factors. 



General Notes 



FLORIDA CAERITLEA AGAIN TAKEN IN OHIO. 

 Since my .last record of this bird in Ohio. July, 1902, in the 

 Auk (Oct. 3902), nothing has been reported of the reoccurrence 

 of this species In this state. On July 10, 1909. a young male in 

 the white plumage was shot at the Loramie Reservoir and sent to 

 me in the afternoon. The intense heat and the somewhat mangled 

 condition of the bird had caused a good' deal of trouble In pre- 

 paring the skin, and it was only after long and careful work that 

 I succeeded in saving it. it being now No. 784 of my collection. It 

 gives me pleasure to rc-record this bird in the State, and also to 

 give the first record for it from middle western Ohio. 



W. F. Henninger. 



BOBWHITE {CoVnius rirf/i)iiainis lirf/uiiantif^) . 



A gratifying increase in the numbers of the Robwhite in past 



years was largely due. no doubt, to the protection the law afforded 



them : also because the neighboring farmers have better business 



than that of hunting birds. Some idea of the commonness the Bob- 



