lir; The Wilson Hvllktix — No. 10.") 



braska, and completed nests, however all without eggs, were 

 found, thus placing the bird definitely as a breeder within our 

 borders. 



Black-headed Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri anncctcns (Baird), and 



Long-crested Jay {Cyanocitta stelleri diademata (Bonaparte)). — 

 In April, 1891, Prof. Bruner saw, but did not secure, a jay of the 

 species Cyanocitta stelleri on the timber reserve west of Fort Rob- 

 inson, in Sioux County, Nebraska. This bird he referred to C. s. 

 annectens (Notes on Nebr. Birds, 1896, p. 118) on the basis of 

 greatest probability. In October, 1916, Ora Randall and Lester Gold- 

 berry shot a jay while it was feeding along the water's edge on 

 the bank of the Tri-state canal near Mitchell. Scottsbluff County, 

 Nebraska. They very generously donated this specimen to the 

 University collection, and Dr. Oberholser has identified it as C. s. 

 diademata. This throws a very serious doubt on the correct sub- 

 specific identification of the bird seen by Prof. Bruner. and for 

 the present annectens had probably best be dropped from the Ne- 

 braska list and the Sioux County record referred to diademata. 



Northern Red-winged Blackbird {Agclaius prcdatorius arctolegus 

 (Oberholser)). — This recently described race, as yet unrecognized 

 by the A. 0. U. Committee, occurs infrequently as a migrant in 

 eastern Nebraska. 



Spurred Towhee (Pipilo maeiilatus montanit.s (Swarth)). — On Oc- 

 tober 5. 1915. a towhee was brought to Prof. Wilson Tout, Superin- 

 tendent of Schools, North Platte, Lincoln County, Nebraska, which 

 he recognized as different from the common Arctic towhee (P. m. 

 arcticHS). The bird was badly decomposed and its feathers were 

 falling out, so that it could not be saved, but Prof. Tout forwarded 

 an outer rectrix and a foot to me for examination. Comparison 

 with a series of the Arctic towhee in the University collection in- 

 dicated that the bird must have been the spurred towhee, but to 

 make the identification certain the feather and foot were submit- 

 ted to Dr. H. C. Oberholser, and he, after comparison with the 

 series at Washington, stated that these parts were from P. m. mon- 

 tanus. This constitutes the first definite record of the spurred tow- 

 hee for Nebraska. 



Alaska Yellow Warbler {Bendroiea aestiva rubiginosa (Pallas)). 

 — On May 15, 1901, Mr. R. Mullen collected an adult male yello'V 

 warbler at Child's Point, near Omaha, in Sharpy County. Nebraska. 

 The unusually dark color of the upper parts of this bird caused me 

 to send it to Dr. H. C. Oberholser for accurate identification, and he 

 reported it to belong to the above form. This specimen is now in 

 the University collection. Later, Dr. Oberholser pronounced a 

 mounted adult female bird collected by Mr. A. Eiche at Greenwood, 

 Cass County, on May 13, 1907, and now in his collection, as also 



