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considerable manoeuvring during which the snake occasionally wrapped 

 itself around the Bittern's neck, succeeded in swallowing it. 



King Rail (Rallus elegans). — A single bird was observed at close range 

 on August 30, 1914, near Madison between Monona and Wanbesa Lakes. 

 Records for the Madison region appear to be scarce. > 



Solitary Sandpiper (Helodromas solitarius). — This species was exceed- 

 ingly common along the Bois Brule river in northwestern Wisconsin during 

 the last week of August, 1913. The birds were usually in twos, were fully 

 as common as Spotted Sandpipers, and were not at all timid. 



Ruffed Grouse {Bonasa umbellus umbellus). — The crops of two grouse 

 collected by Mr. A. W. Schorger in Ashland County, in November (1914) 

 were* full of the catkins of hazel (Corylus rostrata, apparently). The birds 

 were taken early in the morning. The crop of a grouse taken by the writer 

 in Sawyer County in the first week of October (1914) was distended with 

 small green catkins until 2\ inches in diameter. The bird was taken at 

 dusk. It is probable that this catkin was also from hazel bushes. Bendire 

 does not mention hazel as a food of the Ruffed Grouse though it is listed in 

 Barrow's 'Birds of Michigan'. 



Mourning Dove (Zenaidura macroura car olinensis) .— Ten Doves were 

 seen near Verona on Dec. 24, 1913, and one bird as late as Jan. 4, 1914, 

 in the same locality. 



Pileated Woodpecker (Phl&otomus pileatus abieticola). — This species 

 was almost always in evidence during a canoe trip in the latter part of 

 August, 1913, extending from the Lake Superior shore up the Bois Brule 

 and down the St. Croix River as far as Groutsburg, Wis. On a trip taken 

 in the first part of October, 1914, down the Flambeau River from Lac du 

 Flambeau to Ladysmith, only two Pileated Woodpeckers were seen. 

 This species appears to retire so rapidly before settlement, that records 

 showing present distribution may be of some value. 



Red-billed Woodpecker {Centurus carolinus) .— A single bird was seen 

 on February 1, 1914, near Blue Mounds by Mr. Schorger and the writer. 



Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus ludovicianus) . — On Sept. 17, 

 1914, the writer observed a bird of this species in a fringe of bushes on the 

 shore of Lake Mendota, Madison. The bird was under observation for 

 half an hour and sang frequently. It was noted again on Sept. 20 and 28. 

 There are few records of this species in Wisconsin. — Norman deW. 

 Betts, Madison, Wis. 



Changes and Additions to the ' List of the Birds of Gallatin 

 County, Montana.' — The following changes, due to recent identifica- 

 tions of specimens should be made in the list of Gallatin County birds 

 published in ' The Auk,' Vol. XXVIII, pp. 26-49. 



Astragalinus tristis tristis. Goldfinch. — The specimen taken at 

 Three Forks, February 12, 1910, should be A. t. pallidus, Western Gold- 

 finch. Dr. L. B. Bishop informs me that this bird while resembling the 

 eastern form in plumage, shows by the measurements of the bill that it 



