i9i5 J General Notes. 50o 



to me on January 31 and the skin of which I have. The other was observed 

 March 1 and was remarkably tame. In wooded bottomland by the river. 



2. Picoides arcticus. Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. — No- 

 vember 1-February 28. Common in winter in tamarack bogs but they can 

 also be found in any kind of woods. Their presence is usually betrayed by 

 a sharp "kip" which they utter at irregular intervals. Tamaracks are 

 their favorite trees and often they will peck off the dead scaly bark the whole 

 length of a tree to get at the borers underneath. The fact that I have no 

 summer records and that they are so common in winter shows that they 

 migrate somewhat south of their breeding range, in winter, through the 

 tamarack belt. 



3. Euphagus cyanocephalus. Brewer's Blackbird. — Since colo- 

 nies of this species have been found near Minneapolis it was no great surprise 

 to me to find another colony in a meadow just east of the station at Grandy 

 five miles north of here on June 30, 1915. It consisted of at least five pairs 

 and during my brief visit there two fledglings were seen able to make ex- 

 tensive flights. 



4. Zonotrichia albicollis. White-throated Sparrow. — Summer 

 resident, April 18-November 9. Common in summer in tamarack and 

 spruce woods. All day long their clear whistle can be heard if we are near 

 their haunts. One nest with five almost fresh eggs on June 4, 1915. Their 

 breeding range does not probably reach much further south than Cambridge. 



5. Spizella pusilla pusilla. Field Sparrow. — In hot sandy places 

 covered with black and bur oaks, this bird was found to be not at all un- 

 common, although very local. Often two or three can be heard answering 

 each other. A nest with three young and a Cowbird was found on June 16, 

 1914. 



6. Melospiza melodia melodia. Song Sparrow. — My notes con- 

 tain two wintering records for this bird. On December 8, 1913, I was 

 surprised to hear the characteristic call-note of this bird in a weedy fence- 

 row entering the south side of a tamarack forest and a little search revealed 

 the bird. It was seen again in the same place on several occasions up to 

 January 8 which was the last time it was observed. Again, this winter 

 (1914-1915), one was seen on an average every other day between Novem- 

 ber 17 and January 12, after which period I did not see it again. It seemed 

 to make its headquarters every night in the willows bordering an " oxbow " 

 a quarter of a mile north of Cambridge. From this place it made frequent 

 trips to feed on the weed seeds on a neighboring hillside and field. I scat- 

 tered food for it regularly in several places. On December 4 I was sur- 

 prised to find two birds instead of one, but with that exception only one 

 was seen. Still another bird was observed on the east side of a tamarack 

 bog two miles north of this village on December 19, 1914. 



7. Protonotaria citrea. Prothonotary Warbler. • — Six miles 

 west of Cambridge and about one mile above Findell Bridge, the river 

 has at some time changed its course, leaving now only a small stream of 

 water to flow through its former channel which is called " Lost River " 



