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a certain mill-dam on Crum creek, Willestown township, for several 

 summers, being protected by the miller. One of his own boys took 

 advantage of his absence during September, i8g6, and shot it. It doubt- 

 less was an old bachelor bird returning yearly to its old haunts. 



Bald Eagle, Hah'ccetiis leiicoiefhalus. — My latest record is April 7, 

 1894, when a bird in the first year's plumage was wounded and captured 

 in Tredyffrin township by a local sportsman. It recovered and may still 

 be seen at the old Sorrel Horse tavern. 



American Osprey, Pandion haluetiis carolinensis. — While not an 

 uncommon fall transient, it is a rare spring migrant. A pair was ob- 

 served in the woods adjacent to a mill pond in Easttown township during 

 the latter part of April, 1893. Although we have no record of it breed- 

 ing within the county lines, I think it quite probable that this pair would 

 have nested in the neighborhood had not the male been shot. The 

 female lingered about for over a week and then disappeared. The male 

 was shot April 29th and brought to me. His stomach was distended 

 with fish and frogs. 



American Barn Owl, Slrix pfatincola. — Two adults and three well 

 developed young observed by a friend on the evening of August 25, 1893, 

 in a piece of hardwood-oak, hickory, etc. — timber near Berwyn. The 

 old birds evidently nested here as they were seen at about the same place 

 the previous fall. Unfortunately he shot the adults and one young, and 

 my opportunities for studying this quaint and harmless bird in life are 

 correspondingly lessened if not altogether restricted. The female is in 

 my collection. 



Hybird Flicker. ColapU's auratus- cafer. — A male secured by me 

 on the 3rd of October, 1894, is referable to this form. The short black 

 malar stripes exhibiting a narrow border of red. 



Fish Crow, Cori'us assi/i'a^tis. — Pennock, in his "Us/ of Bi'tds of 

 Chester County , Pa.' says "Rare resident if it occurs at all." I have a 

 specimen which was found dead under a spruce tree in this village, 

 March 6, 1891. It was a male, in poor flesh, and probablv died from 

 exposure. 



Blue-headed Vireo, Vireo solitarins. — Quite a flight occured near 

 Berwyn during the first two weeks of October, 1891. I have not observ- 

 ed it since 



Orange-crowned Warbler, Ilclminlhophila ccktla. — October 12, 

 1S94, while watching the movements of a small flock of Juncos which 

 were feeding under some bushes in a thicket, a small bird darted out and 

 across my path, a lucky snap-shot in that direction laid low a fine male. 



