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Ontario, a male bird of this species, that showed a strange freak in the 

 tail. While all the other feathers are of normal length and development 

 (2.50 in. long), one shows a length of 3.75 in. It is of the same color as 

 the other tail feathers, but the vanes are narrower. Near theends of the 

 other rectrices it is much attenuated, as though it had wanted to stop 

 growing at that point. It is the only instance of this kind that has come 

 under my observation. — C. W. G. Eifrig, Ottawa, Ont. 



The Migrant Shrike {Lanius ludovicianus migrans) at Ottawa, Ont. — 

 This shrike is a common breeder here. In 1904 I saw the first ones, 

 a pair, on April 5, and this year on March 30. They frequent wet 

 meadows, old fields, etc. By the middle of April they are common. 

 The last one in 1904 I saw August 23, when I was attracted to a hedge 

 by the low but pretty singing of a bird, which proved to be the shrike. 

 The song was much like the subdued song of the Catbird, with much of 

 its sweetness. Although those that I took had beetles only in their 

 stomachs, yet on April 26, 1904, I saw a pair that had a Song Sparrow 

 impaled on a thorn and had eaten off the head. May 10 I found the first 

 nest in the usual thorn-thicket in a moist meadow, containing two eggs. 

 May 21, I found another nest at Casselman, thirty miles east of Ottawa; 

 this was eight feet up in a little wild plum tree and contained five young 

 about a day old and one infertile egg. The female, in both cases, would 

 only fly away when the person was within a few feet of the nest, and 

 would sit near by and utter queer rasping or gurgling notes of protest. — 

 C. W. G. Eifrig, Ottatva, Ont. 



Capture of the Kirtland Warbler near Richmond, Ind. — On May 13. 

 1905, a female Kirtland Warbler (Dendroica kirtlandi) was shot about 

 six miles east of here by Mr. Loren C. Petry. It was silent, perfectly 

 fearless, and showed the 'teetering' habit after the manner of a Palm 

 Warbler or Titlark. It was in a clump of low bushes. — D. W. Dennis, 

 Richmond, Ind. 



The Kentucky Warbler at Winneconne, Wisconsin. — On May 7, 1905, 

 I had the pleasure of finding a Kentucky Warbler (Oporornis fortnosa) in 

 a damp corner of the woods near Lake Winneconne. I observed it for 

 ten or fifteen minutes from a distance of only a few feet, and am thus 

 positive of the identification. 



The Kumlien-Hollister List of Wisconsin Birds (1903) says of this spe- 

 cies : "Dr. Hoy took one specimen at Racine (May 10, 1S51) and we have 

 but six other records for the State for 60 years, all about Lake Koshkon- 

 ong, in spring." — Henry P. Severson, Winneconne, Wise. 



Wintering of the Brown Thrasher in a Park in New York City. — A 

 Brown Thrasher {Toxostoma rufum) passed the winter of 1904-05 in 

 Morningside Park, New York City. I first saw him on Oct. 24, 1904, 



