FURTHER NOTES ON INDIANA BIRDS. 457 



Some Notes on Indiana Birds, A. W. Butler, 1906, p. 145-150. 



An Addition to the Birds of Indiana, A. W. Butler, 1908, p. 49. 



A Heronry near Indianapolis, A. W. Butler, 1912, p. 57-58. 



Birds that Destroy Grapes, A. W. Butler, 1912, p. 53-55. 



Further Notes on Indiana Birds, A. W. Butler, 1912, p. 59-65. 



Following my practice I give herewith a few notes that should be available 

 to students. 



For several years Brother Alphonsus has published in the American Mid- 

 land Natiu-alist, valuable records of observations made by him in the vi- 

 cinity of Notre Dame, St. Joseph County. Some of these follow: 



Pine Grosbeak — Pinicola enucleaior (Linn.). 



In a letter Brother Alphonsus says: — The Pine Grosbeak was found on 

 December 4, 1914, in a mulberry tree at Notre Dame. A number of English 

 Sparrows were curiously watching the bird. Other records of the species 

 were made on October 22 and November 6, 1914, also April 18, 1914. On 

 the October date a pair of these Grosbeaks was seen. The male was reddish 

 on the head and back; the female mottled with brownish and lighter. The 

 eaU note is distinctive. 



A flock of Evening Grosbeaks, ten in number, appeared at Notre Dame 

 on November 30, 1910 and remained three days. This is the first record 

 of 'the species in this locality known to me. They came each day in the 

 early part of the afternoon to a certain box-elder to feed on the seeds. On 

 January 19, 1911, six more of the species were feeding in the same kind of 

 tree and uttering a low note. (See also Am. Mid. Nat. Sept. 1916, p. 492, 

 495 and 499.) 



Brown Creeper. — -Certhia familiaris americana (Bonap.). 



His observations indicate that it is much more common in winter to the 

 northern boundary of the state than it had been supposed to be. In the 

 winter of 1914-15 it "appeared on 10 days in December; on 18 in January; 

 and on 12 in February, making a total of 40 records which greatly exceeded 

 the two previous winters, 1913-14, having had 13 records, and 1912-13, 

 only 3 records." (Amer. Mid. Nat. Sept. 1916, p. 498.). 



Roseate Tern. — Sterna dougalli Montag. 



A specimen was taken by Mr. H. L. Stoddard, of the Field Museum, 

 Chicago, near Millers, Lake County, Indiana, August 14, 1916. He says, 

 "The bird was alone on the beach (Lake Michigan) and attracted my at- 

 tention fron this action as I never remembered having seen either of our 

 species of white terns on the sand. They almost invarably use the fisher- 

 man's net stakes out in the lake. On studying the brid tlu-ough binoculars 

 I thought I noticed a difference so the specimen was collected. No other 

 was seen, though Forster's and Common Terns as well as the Black Terns 



