128 The Wilson Bulletin — No. 80. 



No. 78. Philoh.cla minor. 



A late Woodcock was shot December 3, 1907, and examined 

 at the shop of Air. Arthur Borck, Detroit. 

 No. 79. Oxycchus vocifcnis. 



James B. Purdy noticed a Killdeer on December 25, 1907, 

 on his farm near Plymouth, Wayne County. This bird re- 

 mained in the vicinity throughout January, 1908, after which 

 he failed to notice it. 

 No. 80. Alvco pratuicola. 



A female Barn Owl was secured December 10, 1908, by a 

 gunner out Gratiot Avenue, near Detroit, and brought in to 

 Mr. Borck. This specimen is now in the collection of P. A. 

 Taverner. 

 No. 81. Sayoniis pha:bc. 



One record. On February 13, 1909, I noticed a Phoebe 

 perched in a small apple tree on the Sterling place, Grosse 

 Isle. The bird was calling and acted as contented as if the 

 day was a month later. January and February to date had 

 been about normal winter months and followed by severe 

 weather. 

 No. 82. DolicJionyx oryzivonis. 



Mr. J. Claire Wood secured a male Bobolink on December 

 6, 1908, on the marsh bordering Lake St. Clair above the city 

 of Detroit. (Private claims 120 and 321.) This bird was 

 emaciated and healed gunshot wounds on the breast and w'ing 

 were found. On December 20, 1908, he secured another male, 

 and this was in fine condition, and showed no trace of any 

 injury. (Wood, Auk, 1909, 193.) 

 No. 83. Hcspcriphona vespertina vcspcvtina. 



I examined a male secured on December 30, 1905, near De- 

 troit by Mr. A. J. Long. I heard of no other Evening Gros- 

 beaks during the winter. 

 No. 84. Calcarins Japponicns lappoiiicus. 



Mr. J. Claire Wood records (Auk, 1910, 41) a flock of 

 eight Lapland Longspurs on December 13, 1908, and two 

 flocks of seven, and eight on December 15, the latter in River 

 Rouge \'^allev. He writes me that he saw a few in N. E. 



