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unusual occurrence for them to occupy a chimney still in use and in such 

 numbers so early in the season. The fact that this particular chimney 

 was one of modem construction and tile-lined, may account for the birds 

 not being able readily to roost against the sides, and the cause of their 

 ha^'ing accumulated in a mass at its base. — Ruthven Deane, Chicago, 

 III. 



The Horned Lark in Georgia. — A specimen taken from a flock of Homed 

 Larks, Januarj^ 20, 1893, at Kirkwood, Ga., by Mr. R. W. Smith has been 

 identified at the Biological Survey as Otocoris alpestris alpestris, while a 

 specimen taken in Claji;on County, Ga., November 30, 1907, proves to be 

 Otocoris alpestris praticola. Thus l^oth these forms are for the first time 

 included in the faima of Georgia. — "Wells W. Cooke, Biological Survey, 

 Washington, D. C. 



Clarke's Nutcracker from Wisconsin. — On page 222 of the April issue 

 of 'The Auk,' I\Ir. Widmann mentions an occuiTcnce of Nucifraga Colum- 

 biana in Crittenden Co., Ark., as being "the farthest eastern occurrence of 

 the species." 



In 'The Birds of Wisconsin' by L. Kiunhen and N. HoUister (Bull. Wis. 

 Nat. Hist. Soc, Vol. Ill, p. 86), is a notice of this species having been taken 

 on the outskirts of the city of Milwaukee in the late fall of 1875. This car- 

 ries the eastem record much beyond Arkansas. — Henry L. Ward, Mil- 

 waukee, Wis. 



Red Crossbills, and Some Other Birds in Lower Delaware. — On May 18, 



1908, I shot an adult male, an adult female and a juv. of this species from 

 a flock of 9 to 12 that were feeding in a pine grove close back of the WUage 

 of Rehoboth, wthin one quarter mile of the ocean and about six miles 

 south of Cape Henlopen. The only other record I have of this bird in 

 Delaware is for a single bird, observed by Dr. Wm. E. Hughes, Philadelphia, 

 Pa., near Lewes — six miles north of Rehoboth, and curiously enough 

 that date was May 19, 1895. The dates and locality are certainly unusual 

 for this species. Cardinals and Carolina Wrens were in full song in this 

 same grove, an Acadian Flycatcher was noted close at hand, two Blue- 

 gray Gnatcatchers were "bizzing" in the tree-tops, and on the 16th of 

 May I shot a fine male Blue Grosbeak about two miles iiJand. — C. J. 

 Pennock, Kennett Square, Pa. 



The Nelson Sparrow in Georgia and Florida. — The Nelson Sparrow 

 {Ammodrannts nelsoni) was taken in 1902 by Mr. Arthur H. Helme on Cum- 

 berland Island, Ga. — the first record for the State. During the years 

 1905 and 1906, Mr. W. W. Worthington took the species at various places 

 on the coast of northeastern Florida, -as far south as TitusWUe, and the 



