Rkvipory Notes on , he Birds of Nebraska lla 



made in the fall and winter of 1916-17), twenty-one are A. g. atri- 

 capillns and six are best referred to A. g. striatulus. Dr. Oberhol- 

 ser has seen and identified some of these birds. Three of the 

 striatulus specimens are quite typical. This bird has not previ- 

 ously been definitely included in the Nebraska list. 



Northwestern Horned Owl (Bubo virgin ianus lagophouus (Ober- 

 holser) ) . — During the winter of 1916-17 a very large and dark horned 

 owl was killed at Lisco, Garden County, Nebraska, and sent to Mr. C. 



A. Black, of Kearney, for mounting. It was purchased by Mr. Black, 

 and later disposed of to Mr. A. M. Brooking, of Inland, along with 

 a somewhat smaller and less dark specimen killed at Imperial, Chase 

 County, Nebraska, October 28, 1917. Both birds have been studied 

 by Dr. H. C. Oberholser, at Washington, and referred to the above 

 subspecies. The Lisco bird is a female, with a wing of 390 mm., 

 while the wing of the Imperial bird, also a female, is 382 mm. long. 

 This substantiates the inclusion of a fourth subspecies of great 

 horned owl in the Nebraska list, viz., B. v. virginianus as a resi- 

 dent bird in eastern Nebraska, B. v. occidentalis (= i?. v. pallcH- 

 cens, in part, of A. 0. U. Check-List) as a resident bird in west- 

 ern Nebraska, spreading eastward across the state in the fall anJ 

 winter, B. iK suiarcticus as a winter visitor from the north, and 



B. V. lagopJionus (=z B. v. saturatus, in part, of A. O. U. Check- 

 List) as a winter visitor from the northwest. This latter sub- 

 species has not before been authoritatively identified from Ne- 

 braska specimens. 



California Cuckoo (Coccyzus americamis occidentalis (Ridg- 

 way)). — The birds of western Nebraska previously identified as 



C. a. occidentalis have been examined by Dr. Oberholser and re- 

 ferred to C. a. americanns. The California cuckoo is, therefore, to 

 be eliminated from the Nebraska list. 



Alpine Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoidcs americanus dorsalis 

 (Baird)). — This bird is added to the Nebraska list through a male 

 specimen taken seven miles west of Scottsbluff, Scottsbluff County, 

 Nebraska, June 15, 1916, by C. B. Mickel and R. W. Dawson. Iden- 

 tification confirmed by Dr. Oberholser. 



Black-chinned Hummingbird (ArchHochus alcxandri (Bourcier 

 & Mulsant)). — In August, 1903, Mr. C. A. Black secured a female 

 of this species at Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska. The speci- 

 men has been examined and the above identification corroborated 

 by Dr. Oberholser. The mounted specimen is now in the B. J. 01- 

 sen collection at Kearney. 



Western Wood Pewee (Horizopus richardsoni richardsoni (Swain- 

 son)). — On June 18, 1916, in company with Messrs. C. E. Mickel and 

 R. W. Dawson, the writer found this bird common in the woods 

 along the North Platte river at Henry, Scottsbluff County. Ne- 



