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seum collection which was collected near Oberlin. Thus my speci- 

 men (No. 1725 coll. W. F. H.), a fully adult $, seems to be the 

 fourth specimen of this species actually taken, and possibly only 

 the second one that has been preserved in the state. 



5. Buteo platyptcrus. 



Former Ohio ornithologists considered this hawk rare in the 

 state, but Professor Jones was always of the same opinion as the 

 writer, that it has merely escaped the notice of the birdmen, and re- 

 cent records have confirmed the truth of this opinion. On April 21, 

 1916, I received a fine J" of this species, shot near New Bremen; 

 on September 22, 1916, I shot one, a $, in thick woods in Shelby 

 County, Ohio, five miles east of New Bremen, whose stomach con- 

 tained four large grasshoppers and two caterpillars of Hyloicus 

 chersis, while its craw was stuffed with one large caterpillar and 

 a frog. On April 25, 1917, I received a pair, shot near New Bre- 

 men, on April 26 two $?, and on April 28, 1917 another $. All told, 

 seven specimens taken in a year show that this hawk is certainly 

 not rare, at least during migrations. These specimens are now all 

 in my collection. 



6. Accipiter velox. 



On November 13, 1916, a c^ of this species was brought to me 

 alive. It had been stunned trying to grab a full-grown chicken 

 through a woven wire fence. It certainly was driven to this act by 

 hunger, as I never saw a more emaciated specimen of hawk. 



7. Loxia curvirostra minor. 



A J" of this species was caught alive at New Knoxville, Auglaize 

 County, five miles northeast of New Bremen, on January 6, 1917, 

 but it was in too bad shape when I received it to be preserved. 

 This is the first time since 1892 that this bird showed up in this 

 vicinity. 



8. Calcarius lapponicus. 



On February 7 and 8, 1917, I saw a flock of ten to twenty of these 

 birds at two cemeteries, at both of which I had to conduct funerals 

 on these days. The one day a wild snowstorm raged, and on the 

 next one it was still very cold. This is my second record only 

 in ten years for this region. 



9. Dsndroica (cstira. 



On May 4, 1917, a J' of this species was brought to me, which had 

 been found dead on this day in Shelby County two miles east of 

 New Bremen. It had an aluminum ring around its tarsus with the 

 number 9708. Perhaps some one can tell me where this bird had 

 first been tagged. It is now in my collection. 



10. Dendroica tigrina. 



In southern Ohio I always looked for this bird along the river 



