BIRD NOTES. o3 



Colorado among the Rocky Mountains— J. H. Batty, ii., 23 341— 

 Found in RusseJl Co., Kansas; feed only on insects in spring — F. S. 

 B.(enson). vii., 25, 889 — Taken in Southeastern Wyoming April 21, 

 1875— A. G. Brackett. xii., 19, 865— First heard May 2, 1878; after- 

 ward conunon near Como, Wyoming — S. W. Williston. 



European Com Crake. See Crex pratensia. 



European Quail. See Cotumix communis. 



European Starling-. See Sturmis vulgaris. 



European Tree Sparrow. See Passer montanus. j 



European Widgeon. See Mareca pcTielope. -I 



European Woodcock. See Scolopax rusticola. 



Euspiza aniericana. Black-throated Bunting, v., 19, 292— Abundant in 

 Mhui.diu-ing the summer of 1874, but none appeared during the summer 

 of 1875 ; not given in Dr. Hatch's 1874 Ust— Thos. S. Roberts, vi., 5, 

 67 — A nest with eggs fomid July 4, 1871, near Avondale, Penn. — C. 

 F. P. vi., 23,* 870— Nesting at Gainesville, Texas, May 8, 1876— G. H. 

 Ragsdale. vi., 24, 887 — Very common at Peotone, 111.; breeding in 

 hedges — D. H. Eaton, viii., 12, 177 — Is found on the Coteau des 

 Prairies, Dakota, from Jmie 9 until July 26, in considerable numbers — 

 Chas. E. McChesney. viii., 17, 268 — Abundant sunuuer resident at 

 Washington, D. C.—(R. F. Boiseau). viii., 18, 281— Found in Michi- 

 gan — "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). xi., 3, 47 — Arrives at Peotone, 

 111., May 1 ; leaves last of September; raises two broods; builds in 

 hedges, clumps of grass, bushes and young evergreens — D. H. Eaton, 

 xii., 2, 25 — A regular breeder atone locality near Philadelphia, Penn. — 

 Spencer Trotter. 



Evening: (irosbeak. See Hesperiphona vespertina. 



Everg-lade Kite. See Rostrhamus sociabiUs. 



Falco columbarius. Pigeon Hawk, i., 26, 404 — Winter resident in New 

 England — F. B. iii., 4, 58 — Found in Newfoundland — M. Harvey, 

 iv. , 24. 374 — Short account of this species ; has never known of their 

 breeding in the United States but once ; then he found their nest in 

 some heavy pine timber near Springfied, Mass. — J. H. Batty, vi., 

 12, 180— Noticed at Salem, Mass., April 6, 1876— "Teal" (R. L. New- 

 comb), vi., 22, 354 — A very rare spring and fall visitor at Ann 

 Arbor, Mich.— A. B. Covert, vii., 3, 86 — Not very common summer 

 sojourner in Central New York; breeds — H. G. Fowler, viii., 8, 118 

 — Not common at Webster, N. H. ; may breed — Chas. F. Goodhue, 

 viii., 15, 224 — Several instances of the audacity of this species — J. N. 

 Mills in the "Easton Free Press." viii., 15, 224 — Found in Michigan 

 — "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). xii., 13, 245 — Common in Nova 

 Scotia — J. Matthew Jones. 



Falco communis. Duck Hawk; Peregrine Falcon, i., 12, 181 — An ac- 

 count of a visit to their eyrie near Amherst, Mass. — "Fred. Beverly" 

 (Fred. A. Ober). iv., 24, 374 — Short account of this species ; has 

 found them breeding on cliffs in Montana, Colorado, on the South 

 Piatt River, also on the Upper Arkansas and Missouri Rivers ; has 

 shot five on Long Island, where they are common fall and winter resi- 

 dents — J. H. Batty, v., 22, 339 — One taken on Long Island now in 

 the collection of the Long Island Historical Society, vi., 8, lie- 

 Commence to lay and sit in Massachusetts March 20 to 31— J. A. 

 Allen, viii., 11, 161— One killed in the city of Philadelphia that had 

 been preying on tame pigeons ; it made its headquarters in a church 

 steeple— George Boudwin. viii., 13, 192— Arrives on the Coteau des 

 Prairies, Dakota, April 8, and is quite numerous until Oct. 30— Chas. 

 E. McChesney. viii., 15, 224 — Foimd in Michigan— "Archer" (G. A. 

 Stockwell). xii., 3, 46 — Has nested for two years on the Palisades 

 near Schraalenburg, N. J., previous to 1878— "Alianus." xii., 13, 

 245— Not uncommon in Nova Scotia— J. Matthew Jones. 



