;-2 'I'm: Wii.sox r.ri,i.i:Ti.\ — Xo. .")!). 



1 rocordi'd iiiv cxiKTieiico with Kickcissel in \V:i.viie county. 1 have 

 recontly (((nvsiK.nded with .Mr. J.uncs H. rurdy. of I'lyniouth. and 

 quote that portion of his letter relatint; to tliis speeies whieli. I be- 

 lieve, eoinpletes our knowledj^e of the bird in the county. Mr. I'urdy 

 says: "'riiey made their first appearance here in .May. IS'.H ; at least 

 this is the lirst lini(> 1 saw thciii. The Ihrcr pairs were located in 

 a clover lield on tiic east side of the 1'. .M. K. \l. tracli. wlici-e tlie 

 riyniontli railroad yards now stand. 1 watclied tlieni. located their 

 nests, and collei-ted two sets of ejigs — one of four and the other of 

 tive fresh ejisis — on June 1, 1891. The nests were situated about mid- 

 way iietweeu the };round and clover tops and were hidden from view. 

 Since then I have seen them some years and some years tliey have 

 dhninished rather than increased in nundters." .1. Claiuk Wood. 



Another rRoviuKXT Mkl.\xerpks ekytiirocepiialus. — The Red- 

 headed Woodpecker is not an uncommon sunnner resident in this 

 locality, but does not remain in winter. Tliat he should spend the 

 greater part of a May day layiuic by a stock of provisions is unu;nial. 

 On tlie morning of May 22, I'.toT. a neighbor, jdanning to be from 

 home all day, gave her ehickeus a liberal supply of food. About ten 

 o'clock an observer saw one of these woodjieckers fly several times 

 to the ground among the chickens, then he flew to a fence-post, car- 

 rying something in his l)ill. An examination of the post revealed 

 the nature of his hoard. Inside the loosened bark he had placed 

 bits of bread, corn-meal mush, and kernels of corn. Other onlookers 

 saw the bird many times during the day carry away the chickens' 

 food, and hide it in various idaces. Althea R. Sherman. 



Redpoll (Acdiitliis limtria) in Ecorse township. Wayne county, 

 Mich. — An event of the season 1!)0G was the appearance of this bird 

 in Ecorse township and vicinity, in territory which I have hunted 

 over during the last sixteen years without seeing a single represen- 

 tative of the .•species. The tirst seen were a- flock of four, October 

 .".1. and from tliat time small flocks of from four to eight were seen 

 on all trijis until 1 ceased to visit the locality in late November. I 

 was in another portion of the township January 11, 1907, and saw 

 a flock of about thirty. They were in a small field of weeds beside 

 a school house in the village of Ford. 



The Purple Finch was also lumsually conunon. first appearing 

 September 9, and last seen October Iti. J. Claire Wood. 



Some Notes on the Bald Eagle in Winter Near New York City. 

 — In severe winters like the past one the Bald Eagle is a common 

 bird in the Hudson River Valley near New York City. They come 

 down the river upon large ice-floes, and when they reach the north- 



