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Nuvieniu^ lon(jiros(ii.-< Wils. Long-billed Curlew. 



A mounted specimen of this bird was seen in the possession of Mr. Fletcher 

 M. Noe, of Indianapolis, Ind., the past summer. He told me it was taken by 

 Herman Eckert in a swamp near Jasper, Dubois County, Ind., April 2, 1896. The 

 mounted specimen showed the following measurements : Length, 21 in.; bill, 5^ 

 in.; wing, 10 in.; tail, 4 in.; tarsus, 2^ in. 



Ardea afrulea (Linn.). Little Blue Heron. 



Keported by Mr. E .J. Chansler from Bicknell, Knox County, April IS, 1896. 

 He says they are not uncommon in that vicinity in summer, though he does not 

 think they are now so numerous as they were l)efore they began to drain the 

 ponds and swamps. 



Falco pereyrinus anatiim (Bonap. ) Duck Hawk. 



In the State Museum in the State House at Indianapolis is a Duck Hawk 

 taken in Boone County, Ind., May 14, 1896. (Beasley). 



Anus penelope Linn. Widgeon. 



Mr. Ruthven Deane wrote me of the capture of the fourth specimen of the 

 European Widgeon in this State at English Lake in the spring of 1896. This is 

 the eighth record of this species from the interior of the United States. It was 

 killed on the marshes of the English Lake Shooting and Fishing Club by Mr. 

 John E. Earle, of Hinsdale, 111., March 23d last, and is now in Mr. Earle's pos- 

 session. (The Auk, Vol. XIII, July, 1896, p. 2o.-)). 



Ammodramus scuubcichensis savanna (Wils.). Savanna Sparrow. 



Mr. J. E. Beasley mounted a specimen of this sparrow, a female, which was 

 killed at English Lake, Ind., June 14, 1896. The specimen is now in the collec- 

 tion of the State Museum. 



Peucrea cestivalis bachmanit (And.) Bachman's Sparrow. 



September 22, 1896, I found a specimen of this species three miles north of 

 Brookville. It was seen along a rail fence, and tried a part of the time to keep 

 hidden behind a rail. It was very tame and unsuspicious. Often would squat 

 upon the bare ground or in the short grass and remain there motionless for some 

 time. I was within an arm's length of it quite frequently, and saw it very dis- 

 tinctly a number of times, as I followed it along the fence. This^is its first record 

 for the White Water /Valley, and, indeed, for southeastern Indiana. 



Brookville, Ind., Dec. 29, 1896. 



