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immature birds (Diitcher, Auk, III, 1886, pp. 443, 444, and Braislin, Auk, 

 XXIV, 1907, pp. 186-189). Dr. Braislin, in the reference just cited, says, 

 "Further investigation will probably show that the Hermit Thrush is, 

 though rare, a regular summer resident on Long Island." — Francis 

 Harper, College Point, N. Y. 



Records from Bloomington, Indiana. — Those who have copies of 'Birds 

 of the vicinity of the University of Indiana' may be interested in the 

 following notes giving additions to the data contained in that paper. All 

 are from the migration record of Dr. W. L. Hahn for the spring of 1908. 

 The Redwinged Blackbird arrived on March .3, one day earlier than pre- 

 viously recorded; the Chipping Sparrow, March 15, one day earlier; the 

 Tree Swallow, March 29, 7 days earlier; Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, March 22 

 (authority of H. Green), 15 days earlier; and the Mockingbird, February 

 19, 34 days earlier. The last record is particularly interesting as an indi- 

 cation that the bird may remain at Bloomington during the winter. Cer- 

 tainly winter conditions are no more unfavorable at Bloomington than 

 at other localities where the bird is resident, and we may confidently expect 

 that before many years, the Mockingbird will be added to the already 

 long list of winter birds of Bloomington. In this connection I desire to 

 record the fact that Mockingbirds were rather common in Benton County, 

 Ind., a locality considerably north of the known breeding range, on Sep- 

 tember 12, 1906. — W. L. McAtee, Biological Survey, Washington, D. C. 



New and Unpublished Records from Washington. — In preparing a 

 standard list of the birds of Washington (now numbering, rovmdly, 375 

 species) we have not hesitated to accept, on occasion, the first-hand 

 testimony of competent ornithologists, even when unsuppo ted by speci- 

 mens. A few of our own records, likewise, depend upon the binocular 

 instead of the gun, but when this is the case, the fact is clearly stated. 



My thanks are due to several gentlemen, notably to Dr. A. K. Fisher, 

 of the Biological Survey; to Mr. A. W. Anthony, of Portland; and to my 

 colleague, Mr. J. H. Bowles, of Tacoma, for permission to publish many 

 of these presumed "first records." It may well be in some instances that 

 previous publication has been overlooked, in which case the writer would 

 esteem it a favor to be corrected. A list of the birds of Washington pre- 

 pared by Professor O. B. Johnson, then in charge of the department of 

 Zoology in the University of Washington, appeared in the 'Report of the 

 Governor of Washington Territory for the year 1884' (published in 1885). 

 This list enumerates 273 species, including some which appear below; 

 but inasmuch as it was confessedly "popular" (the East-side records 

 especially being partly based on hearsay or inference) and employed only 

 vernacular names, it cannot, unfortunately, be cited as authority. 



Pinicola enucleator alascensis. Alaskan Pine Grosbeak. — Common 

 breeders in the balsam belt of the Mount Baker district ; definitely observed 

 south of the 49th parallel. (Allan Brooks, in epist., Jan. 17, 1907.) 



