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same flock which I studied at New Lisbon. So far as I can find the other 
records of Evening Grosbeaks in this vicinity are as follows: 
December 5, 1916, at Cinnaminson, N. J., Charles Evans. 
December 24, at Smithville, N. J.. N. D. W. Pumyea. 
December 26, at Westville, N. J., Julian K. Potter, and on December 31, 
on Mill Creek at Ardmore, Pa., one male was seen by W. J. Serrill. Doctor 
Stone also advises me that a flock was reported at Hammonton, N. J., 
on February 22, 1917, by Mr. Geo. W. Bassett, who says they have been 
present most of the winter feeding mainly on the seeds of the box elder. 
A single bird was also seen at Lumberton, N. J., March 14, 1917, by Mr. 
B. F. Clayberger.— SAMUEL ScovILLE, JR., Philadelphia, Pa. 
First Recorded Nesting of Bachman’s Sparrow in Pennsylvania.— 
During the summer of 1913 the writer had the good fortune to see the 
Bachman’s Sparrow (Peucea estivalis bachmani) as a summer resident in 
southwestern Pennsylvania. At that time the birds were noted at several 
places in southern Greene Co., close to the Mason and Dixon line. 
A close watch was made for the birds during successive seasons but none 
were seen until the spring of 1916. On May 12, while I was instructing 
a field class in bird-life, we encountered a pair of Bachman’s Sparrows. 
My attention was first called to them by the continual singing of the male. 
The female was soon located and the pair carefully watched. The female 
soon gathered nesting material and flew to a cluster of weeds just inside the 
border of an open grove of large white oak trees. I made a search and 
soon found an almost completed nest. 
Upon returning to the nest in about one week I found the bird at home 
protecting her five white eggs. The birds were carefully examined after 
collecting and proved to be Peucea estivalis bachmani. The skins of 
this pair of birds are now in Waynesburg College collection. The set of 
5 eggs and nest are in the collection of Mr. James Carter, Waynesburg, 
Pa. —S. 8. Dicxny, Waynesburg, Pa. 
Bohemian Waxwings at Seattle, Wash.— During the present winter, 
1916-1917, this region has had some remarkable invasions of certain 
species of birds, the most noticeable perhaps being the Bohemian Wax- 
wing (Bombycilla garrulus). As nearly as can be ascertained this species 
made its first appearance about December 10 in flocks of considerable size, 
but on the 26th or 27th the great body of the birds arrived numbering 
thousands of individuals, which thereafter for some considerable period 
could be observed almost every day within a comparatively restricted area 
some six miles in length along the eastern boundary of the city, adjacent 
to Lake Washington. This was accounted for by the fact that within this 
particular section was an abundant food supply in the form of the berries 
of the Madrona tree (Arbutus menziesii) which had fruited with unusual 
abundance the past season and of which the Waxwings appeared very 
fond, it not being uncommon at times to count in one of the larger trees 
upwards of five hundred of the birds. 
