18 The Wilson Bulletin — No. 102 



Bloomington, Franklin County, on the St. Joe and Denver, and 

 November 1, about twenty appeared at Red Cloud, 29 miles east. 

 This was their eastern advance line. They fed heavily on the fruit 

 of the box elders and a few planted red cedars. During the win- 

 ter they were observed over most of the town, and many inquiries 

 were made of me, so that I found it desirable to put a note in one 

 of the papers. They were last seen May 21, 1917, and I noted their 

 departure for the wild west with feelings not unmixed with pleas- 

 ure. (Valentine is the most eastern point for their summering, so 

 far reported.) 



J. M. Bates. 

 Red Cloud, Nebraska. 



SOME BIRD NOTES FROM NEBRASKA. 



In the fall of 1916 a Woodcock lingered in one of the smallest 

 parks in the heart of the residence district of Omaha from August 

 10 to September 24, thanks to the underbrush which had been 

 left undisturbed in this park. 



A flock of four Pine Grosbeaks was noted twice in March, 1917, 

 first on the fourth, and again on the eighteenth, in one of the parks 

 which has been the scene of my regular observations. There can 

 be no error in my identification of these birds as they were ob- 

 served at very close range, in fact their tameness made the cau- 

 tiousness of my first approach towards them seem almost ludicrous. 



The following observations have been made during the fall and 

 winter of 1917-18 in two parks and a strip of wild growth connect- 

 ing them on the outskirts of Omaha. This area is broken by hol- 

 lows and ravines, which afford good winter shelter for the birds, 

 and has groves of oaks and pines. 



First dates in the fall of 1917: October 7, Myrtle Warbler, White- 

 throated Sparrow; 14, Brown Creeper, Slate-colored Junco, Tree 

 Sparrow and Harris Sparrow; 21, Fox Sparrow. 



Last dates in the fall of 1917: September 2, Wood Pewee; 9, 

 Baltimore Oriole; 15, Oven-bird; 16, Redstart and Bell Vireo; 23, 

 Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Brown Thrasher; 30, Wood Thrush, Cat- 

 bird; October 2, Chimney Swift, Barn Swallow; 14, Robin; 21, 

 Myrtle Warbler; 28, Fox Sparrow, Towhee; November 4, Bluebird, 

 Western House Wren, Song Sparrow; December 21, Harris Spar- 

 row. 



The Red-headed Woodpecker has remained up to January 27, in 

 spite of the severe cold. Individual Flickers have been noted dur- 

 ing the winter, and on Christmas day I saw a flock of five of them. 

 A covey of 12 or more Bob-whites seems to have successfully win- 

 tered and escaped destruction by hunters. About a dozen Blue 



