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worthy persons, but I cannot vouch for them personally. A speci- 

 men was sent to me two years ago from Painesville, purporting to 

 be a Black-throated, but I did not make it out as such, and so sent 

 it to Oberholser, who pronounced it a Red-throated." I could never 

 make the specimen out anything but a Pacific (Gavia pacifica) , 

 hence the record was never published. Upon an inquiry about the 

 specimen from Mr. A. C. Bent, the description and measurements 

 were sent to him, with an offer of the specimen should he desire 

 to examine it. In reply Mr. Bent states that there can be no ques- 

 tion that the specimen is pacifica. Therefore this is the first Ohio 

 record for this species. 



The bird was shot by some fishermen at Ashtabula Harbor, on 

 February 19, 1909, and was sent to the Oberlin College museum by 

 Dr. A. W. Hopkins. Lynds Jones. 



THE FALL MIGRATION OF 1918 IN NORTHERN OHIO. 



Winter rarely begins in earnest in northern Ohio before the first 

 week in December. At the present writing (December 6) the 

 ground is still unfrozen, the grass is green, many hardy plants are 

 still growing. Thei^e have been two light falls of snow, which 

 would be called hardly more than traces, because they disappeared 

 during the day after the fall occurred. 



In marked contrast, the middle of October, 1917, witnessed the 

 beginning of that memorable cold winter season. But preceding 

 that early wintry weather there had been weeks of unusually low 

 temperature, during which most of the insectivorous birds left for 

 their winter homes. As far as the bird life was concerned winter 

 had set in during the middle of October. 



In spite of the late frost and the almost continuous warm weather 

 of September and October, 1918, the southward movement of the 

 birds occurred this year at the same time that it did last year. It 

 seemed strange indeed to go into the woods in October, when warb- 

 lers and sparrows and thrushes may usually be found, and meet 

 only the regular winter birds, grouped in their regular companies. 



If it be true that the experience of one unfavorable season is 

 enough to cause an early migration the next season, even when the 

 conditions are favorable for a later stay, it would seem that the 

 point that young birds migrate because of the example set by the 

 older birds is well taken. Lynds Jones. 



