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preserved three, which present the following measurements: i. 80X1. 35, 

 1.71X1.36, 1.74X1.36. — R. W. Williams, Jr., TaUahais.ee, Florida. 



Nyctea nyctea on Long Island, New York. — Snowj- Owls have visited 

 Long Island in considerable numbers during the past winter. I have 

 heard of their being either seen or killed at several different places and 

 four fresh birds have been sent to me from Montauk Point, obtained on 

 the following dates : December3i, 1901. January 6, 1902, January 21, 1902, 

 and February 6, 1902. It is several years since these northern visitors have 

 been so abundant. — Jonathan Dwight, Jr., M. D., New York City. 



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/Belted Kingfisher in the Island of Hawaii. — Early in November of 1901 

 Mr. Harry Patten of Hakelau informed me that a pair of Belted King- 

 fishers {Ceryle alcyon) had appeared in Hakelau Gulch, some fifteen miles 

 north of Hilo. On the 27th of the month, Mr. \N . K. Andrews of Hono- 

 mou visited the locality, and, finding only the female, secured her, kindly 

 presenting the specimen to the writer. The other bird in the meantime 

 had disappeared, having probably been killed. 



As the second bird is reported to have been somewhat differentlv colored 

 it was probably the male. It is hardly likel\' that the pair would ever 

 have found their way back to the mainland and, had a kinder fate directed 

 them to a more solitary spot, they might have survived and reared young 

 to populate the islands. Most of the island streams contain small fish 

 and shrimps, and there would seem to be no reason whv the kingfisher 

 should not thrive here, although its field would be limited. 



So far as the writer is aware this is the first occurrence in the group of 

 this or, indeed, of any kingfisher. Evidently the pair drifted down here 

 from the mainland coast during the fall migration, and their occurrence 

 here, like that of so many other American species, is purely accidental. 

 Yet it is through just such accidents that the islands have received, from 

 several sources, their avian inhabitants. — H. W. Hensiiaw, Hilo, Ha-vaii. 



A Winter Record for the Flicker [Colaftex auratus luteit.^) in Berkshire 

 County. — In ' The Birds of Berkshire County,' by Dr. \V. Faxon and Mr. 

 R. Hoffmann, the latest autumn date for this species is given as October 24, 

 and the earliest spring record as April 10. We observed at Williamstown 

 on December 12, 1900, a single bii'd which ma}' have been wintering, and 

 on April 6, 1901, the first Flicker arrived. — Francis G. and Maurice C. 

 Blake, Brookline, Mass. 



The Winter Fringillidse of New Brunswick. — The list of birds given 

 below includes the members of the Finch and Sparrow family which occur 

 in New Brunswick during the months of December, January, and February 

 During these three months migration is as nearly at a standstill as at any 

 time during the year. This family is represented by more species than 



