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crawl up its smooth, glazed lining. Mr. Holway placed some fine chicken 

 wire over the cap to prevent the birds from entering in the future. Inci- 

 dentally, this suggests the lines along which a Starling trap may be made 

 when it shall become necessary to deal more strenuously with these annoy- 

 ing pests. — T. E. Penard, Arlington, Mass. 



Yellow-headed Blackbird in New Jersey. — A specimen of the Yellow- 

 headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) was secured on Newton 

 Creek, N. J., near Audubon, by Mr. Wm. J. Kelton on September 1, 

 1917. It is a male of the first year, and has been mounted. I am indebted 

 to Mr. Joseph W. Tatum for calling my attention to the capture and for 

 bringing the specimen to me for identification. — Witmer Stone, Academy 

 of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 



The Bohemian Waxwing in Grand Junction, Colo. — In order to 

 make more complete the local records of the remarkable wave of Bohemain 

 Waxwings which passed over the Rocky Mountain Region last winter, 

 I wish to put into print the following notes, made at the time by myself, 

 on the occasions of the species ' visits to Grand Junction. In order to make 

 clear the import of some of my remarks, it becomes necessary to say that 

 Grand Junction is on the Grand River, and is, in effect, at the western edge 

 of the Rocky Mountain range, and its outlying foothills, its altitude being 

 4583 feet. 



The first pah of these birds was seen February 25, 1917, in some bushes 

 on the Grand River in the western part of the city, and on February 28 a 

 second (or the same) pair was seen at the same place. A few days later a 

 large flock was observed by Mr. Harmon on his ranch east and north of the 

 city. Between March 3 and 19, many flocks — and large ones — were 

 noticed every day on the river; they would first be seen on the river where 

 it passes through Grand Junction, about 10.30 in the morning, travelling 

 down stream, very slowly, and resting and flying from tree to tree, and bush 

 to bush. The procession of birds continued all day, and ceased about 

 four o'clock P. M. All went downward on the river, and seemed never 

 to leave it to go into the residential portions of the city. On the ranches 

 the general direction of movement was northwest. All of the irrigating 

 canals and laterals were dry at this time and this may account for the 

 river movement, though I am not sure that such is a correct explanation. 

 I could not determine with certainty what the birds were eating but Mr. 

 Harmon was convinced that they worked on the buds and insects of the 

 ranch orchard trees. At tunes the birds seemed stupid as if they had 

 eaten too freely before reaching my post of observation. Large flocks 

 appeared from time to time on the neighboring ranches, and for two weeks 

 after they had left the river and the vicinity of its banks. At times the 

 birds seemed quite friendly, and would come down to the lower branches of 

 a tree, to inspect the " onlookers," flying at times so near to one that to 

 dodge was irresistible, and the most natural thing to do. No effort was 



