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daily by a varying flock of Cedarbirds, sometimes fifty or more, a 

 few Bluebirds, several Robins, and a couple of Juncos. The 

 abundant ivy berries were the principal attraction. My rooms 

 were a little further than across the street from this spot. Directly 

 in front of the house were several maples and on one of these two 

 or three twigs nearest my windows and a trifle lower were broken 

 and dripping. The Waxwings discovered this and several times I 

 noticed two of them busy at these twigs while two or three others 

 sat patiently awaiting their turn. A careful examination with fleld 

 glasses at that close range showed them to be drinking sap. Their 

 motions were those of drinking. I could see no small insects 

 there, and even if there had been the Waxwings could have cleaned 

 them up in a few minutes, but they were busy there for long periods. 

 I never saw any of the other species follow the Cedarbird's ex- 

 ample. While my flrst two Waxwings for the year were seen on 

 March 18 out in the country, all that I saw after that date for 

 several weeks were in town, the first flock of fifty appearing 

 March 30. 



Princeton, N. J. ^ Charles H. Rogers. 



Notes on Chester County, Penn., Birds for 1905. King Rail 

 (Rail us elegans). A female was captured by some school boys. 

 May 4, near Howelville, one mile north of Berwyn. It had been 

 wounded, probably the same day, and not recovered by the hunter. 

 The boys discovered it and ran it down. It is possible that it 

 might have bred in the locality as the ovaries contained several 

 partly developed eggs. 



American Coot (Fulica amencana). On November 1, a male was 

 found dead near Green Tree, probably having flown against the 

 telegraph wires. 



Bartramiau Sandpiper (Barlramia lonf/icaiKla)'. On the evening 

 of August 18, I received an immature female probably of a local 

 brood, which was secured the same day in the Chester valley, one 

 mile north of this place. Owing to the growing scarcity of this bird 

 in this locality it is worthy of mention. Frank L. Burns. 



Berwyn, Pa. 



Two More Barn Owl {Strix pratincola) Records for Seneca 

 County, Ohio. On the morning of August 30, a woman came to 

 my house to have a Barn Owl mounted which was shot on the 

 previous day about five miles north of Tiflin. A few weeks later 

 a local photographer showed me a photograph he had taken two 

 years ago of a Barn Owl which had been shot at Green Springs 

 at the north-eastern end of the county and mounted then and 

 there. Being unfamiliar with the name of the bird he asked me 



