BIRD NOTES. 5 



76 — Dates of arrival in spring at Framingham, Mass., for twenty- 

 five years — P. C. Browne, x , 6, 95 — Has one with tail feathers wliite 

 — M. 0. H.(arriman). x., 6, 99 — Abundant at Lakeville, Conn., March 

 8, 1878— VV H. W. X.. 7, 12o— Arrived at Greenwood Lake, N. Y., 

 March 1, 1878—" Greenwood.'' x., 9, 155— Noticed at Salem. Mass., 

 April 23, 1870— "Teal" (R. L. Newcom!"). x., 9, 156— Arrived at 

 Portland, C^mn., March 3, 1878— J. H. Sage, x., 9, 156-Arrived 

 at Hnrnellsville, N. Y., March 2, 1878— "John " (J. Otis Fellows), x., 

 12, 215 — Breed commonly at Astoria, L. I. — Franklin Benuer. x., 12, 

 216— Arrived at Fort Hamilton, L. I., March 2, 1878— DeL. B.(erier). 

 X., 19, 359— Arrived at Lebanon, 111., Feb. 26, 1878— "Ptarmigan. " 

 xi., 3. 47 — Very common at Pcotone, 111.; breeds; rears two broods 

 — D. H. Eaton, xii., 7, 126— At Salem, Mass., March 17, 1879. R. 

 L. N.(ewconib). xii., 8, 146 — Arrived in the Province cf Quebec, 

 March 17, 1879- Everett Smith, xii, 11, 205— Rare in Nova bcota— 

 J. Matthew Jones, xii., 11, 216— Very numerous at Salem, Mass., 

 April 14, 1879— R. L. Newcomb. xii., 17, 326— One taken in first 

 week in May, and a pair June 20, 1878, evidently nesting; rare; 

 Como, Wyoming— S. W. Williston ; frequently observed in early fall 

 at Como, Wyoming — George Bird Grmnell. 



Aiken's Snow-Bird. See Junco hyemalis aikeni. 



/iixspon>:a. \Vood Duck, i., 11, 171— Numerous near Nashville, Tenn. 

 1., 13, 304— Abundant in Florida— Editors, ii., 11, 163— Abundant 

 aud rcvsidunt in the Lake Okeechobee region, Florida — Fnd A.Ober. 

 ii., 26, 410— Abundant at Montello, Wis., July 30, 1874— Fred Pond, 

 iii , 4. 58 — Common on Lake Koshkonong, Wis., Aug. 29, 1874. 

 iii., 6, 86— Abundant in Wisconsin, Sept. 11, 1874—" Fred." iii., 7, 

 107 — Beginning to arrive in the Delaware, Sept. 16,1874 — "Homo" 

 (Charles 8. Westcott). iii-, 10, 150— Have nearly all left for the 

 South from Montello, Wis., Oct. 6, 1874— "Fred." iii., 11, 170— 

 Very abundant at Palatine, III, Oct. 15", 1874. iii., 12, 187 -Abundant 

 on Calumet Lake, 111., Oct. 24, 1874. iii., 22, 340— Abundant in 

 winter and spring in Eastern Florida — Editors, iv., 19, 297— Has 

 frequently seen them domesticated near Chicago, 111. — 3. C. C. iv., 24, 

 874—" Habits of the Wood Duck in Nesting," etc.— "Fred." v., 3, 

 86 — "Domesticated Wood Ducks;" speaking of several parties who 

 have tamed them, v., 6, 90 — Breed at Calais, Me., though not as com- 

 mon as formerly — B. v., 8, 122 — Abundant near New Berne, N. C, 

 Sept. 23, 1875— J. E. W. v., 9, 139— Abundant at Montello, Wis., 

 Sept. 29, 1875— "Fred," vi., 2, 18— Breed near Rochester, N. Y.— 

 " Agate." vi., 8, 116— Arrive in Massachusetts between March 20 and 

 31— J. A. Allen, vi., 18, 284— Found in Nebraska— 0. H. Phillips, 

 vi., 21, 338 -Noticed at Lebanon, 111., March 17, 1876— Wm. L. Jones, 

 vi., 25, 408— Breed near New Haven, Conn. — K. T. M.(orris). vii., 

 6, 84 — Common in summer in Central New York ; breeds ; arrives in 

 April and departs in October — H. G. Fowler, vii.. 8, 116— Very com- 

 mon in Connecticut ; breeds abundantly — Robert T. Morris, vii., 8, 

 122— Arrived at Tenafly, N. J., Sept. 26, 1876— "Red Wing." vii., 

 10, 148— Have a lot of tame birds of this species — H. C. Munger. 

 vii., 11, 164 — Very common at Ann Arbor, Mich.; eggs are laid mid- 

 dle of May ; sometimes remains all winter — A. B. Covert, viii., 10, 

 146 — Common summer resident at Webster, N. H.; breeds — Charles 

 F. Goodhue, viii., 16, 242— Is exceedingly rare on the Goteau des 

 Prairies, Dakota ; have seen only one killed among the thousands of 

 ducks that are taken here — Charles E. McChesney. viii., 23, 380 — 

 Found in Michigan — "Archer" (G. A. Stockweli). ix., 10, 185— 

 Common at Ferrisburg, Vt., June 7, 1876, and undoubtedly breeding 

 — -R. E. R.Cobinson;. x., 11, 196, " Domesticated Wood Ducks ;" they 

 will live for years — "Tonic.'' xii., 9, 165 ; breeds commonly in stubs 

 at Chatham, N. J. — Harold. Herrick. xii., 17, 826; have a pair do- 

 mesticated— M. W. Clark. 



