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question from Maine, owing to their failure to carefully read the title of 

 Mr. Boardman's list, upon the authority of which they made their sup- 

 posed records, and many other species as well as this one were cited upon 

 the same grounds and their own ignorance of the exact boundary line 

 between Maine and New Brunswick. Almost invariably Grand Menan 

 birds have been given a place in New England bird lists, which shows 

 the ignorance of geography exhibited by the authors. 



I have in my possession a letter from Mr. Boardman in which he 

 states that he has in his possession .two specimens of the Wheatear, one 

 taken at Grand Afenan, Nciv Brims-wick, and the other taken on Indian 

 Island, New Brunsxvick. This letter was written in 1896, and gives cor- 

 rections of many other records made by geographical ignoramuses. 

 Through Mr. Boardman's aid all these erroneous Maine records were 

 straightened out and corrected and may be found in the ' List of the 

 Birds of Maine.' — Ora W. Knight, Bangor, Me. 



Bird Notes from Pueblo Co., Colorado. — I recently spent a few weeks 

 eighteen miles southwest of Pueblo, in which district I have passed ten 

 winters. I was surprised to find the following birds which I have never 

 known to winter there before: Jan. 7. A flock of Mourning Doves (Zetiai- 

 dura tnacroura), about 40 in number, were seen feeding amongst some 

 sunflowers. Jan. 8. A Western Meadowlark {Siurnella m. neglecia) was 

 seen in company with some Mountain Bluebirds (^S/a/m rtrc^/crt). Jan. 14. 

 A pair of Sparrow Hawks (Falco sparverius) were observed. Jan. 12. 

 Two Rock Wrens (Salpinctes obsoletus) were seen amongst some rocks 

 not more than ten yards from where I was standing. — Willoughby P. 

 Lowe, Seward, Nebraska. 



Corrections to Birds of Parry Sound and Muskoka. — The following 

 corrections should be made to my ' List of the Birds of the Districts of 

 Parry Sound and Muskoka, Ontario,' published in the January number of 

 the current volume of ' The Auk ' : 



Page 35, No. 12, Merganser serrator. " Breeds in both districts " should 



read, Probably breeds in both districts. 



" 35? " I3i Lophodytcs cucullatus, requires the same correction. 



" 44, " 180, Harporhynchus rufus. Mr. Kay informs me that 



Brown Thrashers are fairly common in Port Sydney. 



" 45, ^' iSS, Ifegulus satrapa. "An abundant winter resident" 



should read, Probably a winter resident. 

 " 45, " 189, Regulus calendula, " and winter " is a slip and should be 



struck out. 

 Regulus satrapa certainly occurs in Muskoka till late in December, but 

 the testimony as to its being a winter resident is so conflicting that I have 

 thought it best to qualify my reference to it. 



