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of the North American forms of the genus Aphelocoma occurring on the 

 Pacific coast (Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool. Vol. 17, No. 13, Feb. 23, 1918, pp. 

 405-422), the following may be of interest: 



The lack of pertinent material has led Mr. Swarth to restrict the dis- 

 tribution of Aphelocoma calif ornica hypoleuca to the extreme southern end 

 of the Lower California peninsula, and because its range is thus seemingly 

 isolated, to consider it a species distinct from Aphelocoma californica. 

 Material in the Biological Survey Collection in the United States National 

 Museum proves that jays of the Aphelocoma californica type have a practi- 

 cally continuous distribution throughout Lower California. Mr. Swarth 

 refers to Aphelocoma californica obscura, or, as he calls it, Aphelocoma 

 californica californica, specimens from Santana, which is some distance 

 south of the San Pedro Martir Mountains, and about one-third of the way 

 down the peninsula to Cape San Lucas, at approximately north latitude 

 29° 20'. Birds from Yubay, Lower California, which lies only a short 

 distance southeast of Santana in about north latitude 29° 15', are de- 

 cidedly intermediate between Aphelocoma californica hypoleuca, of the 

 Cape San Lucas region, and Aphelocoma californica obscura of the San 

 Pedro Martir Mountains, being darker both above and below than the 

 former, but not sufficiently so to be referred to the latter. Birds from 

 Calmalli, some distance farther southward, at about north latitude 

 28° 15', are nearly the same, though nearer in characteristics to Aphelocoma 

 californica hypoleuca; and a specimen from San Andres, between Yubay 

 and Camalli, is similar. These seven specimens, together with specimens 

 from San Bruno and Muleje, which lie still farther to the south, form a 

 complete chain of intermediates between Aphelocoma californica obscura 

 and Aphelocoma californica hypoleuca, making necessary, of course, the 

 use of a trinomial for the latter. The geographic distribution of Aphelo- 

 coma californica hypoleuca should, therefore, be extended from the region 

 about Cape San Lucas northward to the vicinity of Yubay, Lower Cali- 

 fornia, at approximately North Latitude 29° 15'. — Harry C. Ober- 

 holser, Washington, D. C. 



The Starling at Plattsburg, N. Y. — While at the second officers' 

 training camp, I observed a flock of five Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) flying 

 over the town some time the first week in October, 1917. It is believed 

 that this is the farthest north that this species has been noted. — Ludlow 

 Griscom, 2nd Lieut., Inf., 0. R. C. 



The Northernmost Record of Icterus parisorum. — While engaged 

 in field work for the Biological Survey, the writer was fortunate enough 

 to obtain a specimen of Icterus parisorum in central western Nevada, 

 which considerably extends the range of the species. This bird is an adult 

 female and was taken in the mountains ten miles east of Stillwater, Nevada, 

 and northeast of Carson Lake. It was obtained on May 11, 1898, among 



