Vol. XXXIV] General Notes. 341 
Nelson’s Sparrow in Vermont.— While watching the fall migration 
of sparrows on October 8, 1916, Mr. George H. Ross and the writer col- 
lected two adult male specimens of Passerherbulus nelsoni nelsoni. These 
are the first records for this bird in Vermont as far as the writer can ascer- 
tain. The birds were obtained in sedges in the wettest parts of swampy 
meadows adjacent to Otter Creek which runs from the Green Mountains 
into Lake Champlain. One of the birds was taken in Rutland and the 
other in Clarendon, about three miles apart. They were not in company 
of any other birds.— Grorce L. Krrx, Rutland, Vt. 
Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrula) in Colorado.'— The oc- 
currence of this sub-arctic species in Colorado is always at irregular 
intervals and in varying numbers, so it is with pleasure that I place on 
record what has unquestionably been the largest flight in the history of 
Colorado ornithology. 
The birds were first reported by Dr. W. H. Bergtold on February 22, 
a large flock having been seen, although at that time, the doctor was not 
sure of their identity; simply noting them as “a large flock of strange 
birds.” In view of the developments of the next few days, however, 
there seems but little doubt that they were of this form. 
They were first seen by the writer on the 26th; a flock of at least 200, 
observed in the Clear Creek valley between Denver and Golden, from 
which a number of specimens were secured. On the next day (the 27th) 
flocks 'began to appear around the Colorado Museum of Natural History 
in City Park, Denver. These were continually augmented until hundreds, 
if not thousands, were gathered in this area. Reports of their presence 
then began to come in from other parts of the city, some even from the 
business section, while the orchards and neighboring foothills were liter- 
ally alive with them. 
It was, of course, impossible to form an accurate estimate of their num- 
bers, but one, which I consider conservative, put ten thousand birds within 
the corporate limits of Denver. All the parks contained large flocks, 
bunches of variable numbers were seen in all parts of the residence sections, 
and they were even noted from the office buildings in the business section. 
The last occurrence of this species was during a corresponding season 
in 1908, when flocks of several hundred were observed by the writer and 
others, in the South Platte and Clear Creek valleys, over a period of about 
six weeks.— F. C. Lincoun, Denver, Colo. 
Regurgitation in the Bohemian Waxwing.— While studying this 
_ species during its present remarkable visitation to Denver, Colo., and its 
environs detailed elsewhere by Mr. F. C. Lincoln, I was struck by a curious 
regurgitation habit of the birds. It was first noticed while I was watching 
1 Through the co-operation of Dr. W. H. Bergtold, his extensive notes of this occurrence 
have been at my disposal, and are here included.— F. C. L. 
