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primaries, in the presence of dusky streaks, similar to those in the adult, 

 but less extensive. These, however, in this specimen, are barely noticeable 

 on the left wing. 



From juvenal Larus glaucescens it differs noticeably in its much paler 

 upper parts, wing-quills, and rectrices. Furthermore, the outer edges of 

 the secondaries are broadly white or whitish terminally, forming a rather 

 conspicuous whitish patch on the closed wing; and there are dusky streaks 

 on the outer webs of the terminal portion of the first few outer primaries; 

 both of which characteristics are absent in juvenal Larus glaucescens. 

 The postocular dusky streak is, moreover, much shorter and less conspicu- 

 ous than in the corresponding plumage of Larus glaucescens, but whether 

 this is a specific character or merely an individual variation is not certainly 

 determinable by the material at hand, though it appears to be constant. — 

 Harry C. Oberholser, Washington, D. C. 



Anas rubripes rubripes in North Dakota. — Through the courtesy of 

 Mr. H. V. Williams of Grafton, North Dakota, I am able to place on record 

 a North Dakota specimen of Anas rubripes rubripes. This bird was taken 

 at Minto, Walsh County, in northeastern North Dakota, on April 10, 

 1909, and is now in Mr. Williams' collection. It appears to be the first 

 definite record of this form for the State of North Dakota. — Harry C. 

 Oberholser, Washington, D. C. 



Melospiza melodia phxa in Southern California. — A specimen of this 

 form collected by me at Placerita Canon, Los Angeles Co., on February 

 18, 1917, appears to be the only one known from the southern part of the 

 State, and is therefore noteworthy. The bird was a female, and is now 

 in the U. S. National Museum, where it was identified by Dr. H. C. Ober- 

 holser. The few previous records of this subspecies in California appear 

 to be restricted to the northern half of the State, in Del Monte and San 

 Mateo Counties. — Edward J. Brown, Los Angeles, Cal. 



Numenius americanus americanus not a Breeding Bird of Michigan. 



— Mr. B. M. Swales has kindly called my attention to the unreliability of 

 a Michigan breeding record in my recent paper on Numenius americanus 

 (cf. 'The Auk,' XXXV, No. 2, April, 1918, pp. 189-190). In the United 

 States National Museum there is a single curlew's egg, supposed to have 

 been collected by a Mr. C. P. Davis at Jackson, Michigan, and which is so 

 entered in the catalogue and other records of the National Museum oological 

 collection. The original entry, which by some inadvertence I failed to 

 verify, made in I860 by Professor Baird, shows that he was suspicious of 

 the authenticity of this specimen and even of its being from America. 

 Since it was obtained from Mr. Davis among a lot of miscellaneous birds' 

 eggs from various parts of the world, and since there is no positive evidence 

 that it was really collected in Michigan, it seems altogether too doubtful 



