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bers clearly that two of his boyhood friends had single specimens 

 which they had killed in this vicinity. In Chapman's book Mr. B. 

 F. Gault is credited with two observations at Glen Ellyn. Curiously 

 one of the dates (given specifically in Mr. Woodruff's list of birds 

 of this area) was May 15, 1894. On the same date of the present 

 year, in a district quite as characteristic of prairie environment 

 as Glen Ellyn — viz., Chicago Ridge, it was my good fortune to ob- 

 serve an Osprey in the act of fishing, to observe the catch and to 

 see the fisher, after adjusting his prey so as to carry it parallel with 

 his body, bear it high aloft and far away until both bird and bur- 

 den were lost to sight. 



Preparing to leave the field near the Calumet feeder of the old 

 Illinois and Michigan canal I noticed the Osprey poised above the 

 channel. I saw at once that he was about to plunge, but a fringe 

 of old cat-tails obscured my view of him when he struck the water. 

 With good glasses I saw him rise presently and could even see the 

 yellow belly of the struggling cat-fish he had seized. A single red- 

 wing harassed him for a moment, he turned in my direction, and 

 twisting the fish about as remarked above, he flew over my head 

 and passed rapidly northward. 



Almost I was prepared to realize in fact my old "fourth reader" 

 story and to see a bald eagle come swooping upon the fish hawk 

 out of the clouds. Perhaps in another thirty years I may see that 

 too! 



Edward R. Ford. 



SOME OHIO RECORDS AND NOTES. 

 Wood Ibis (Myctcria americana) in Clinton County. 



Writing under date of April 4, 1916, Orange Frazer reports the 

 capture of a young bird of this species near Wilmington, on July 

 23, 1909. It was held in captivity for some days, but was finally re- 

 leased. It is reported to have died shortly after it was released. 

 An account of this capture was published in an issue of the Wil- 

 mington, Ohio, Journal-Republican at some date subsequent to 

 April 4, 1916. This account is stated to be a reprint from an issue 

 of the Clinton Republican of July 1, 1909. The boys who made the 

 capture were Howard Bryan and Willard Wildman. The account 

 includes a full description with careful measurements. There seems 

 to be no doubt about the correctness of the identification. 

 Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica) in Ashtabula County. 



On page 286 of Vol. 34 of the Auk, in F. Seymour Hersey's dis- 

 cussion of "The Status of the Black-throated Loon (Gavia arctica) 

 as a North American Bird," I find this quotation from myself: 

 " Dr. Wheaton mentions the capture of one specimen, but on hear- 

 say evidence. I had several reports of specimens captured by trust- 



