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dramus bairdi) as breeding near Wilsey, Kansas, on the basis of a set of 

 eggs taken with two specimens of the bird. At the time this note was 

 published, I wrote from the University of Kansas at Lawrence requesting 

 that the specimens be forwarded for examination. Mr. Evans responded 

 promptly to this request, and on receiving the skins, I found that they were 

 not Baird's Sparrow, but instead were Henslow's Sparrow (Passerherbulus 

 henslowi). The bird was unknown to Mr. Evans and his note was made 

 on the basis of the eggs which he forwarded to a dealer for identification. 

 Although Baird's Sparrow probably passes through western Kansas during 

 migration there is no record known of this species for the State. I have 

 made careful search for it at a number of localities in the eastern part 

 of the State (a search that has entailed a considerable mortality among 

 obscurely marked individuals of LeConte's Sparrow, a species that abounds 

 in migration) but as yet have failed to find it. — Alexander Wetmore, 

 Biological Survey, Washington, D. C. 



A Scarlet Tanager at Thirty-fourth Street, New York. — On May 



22, 1899, I took lodgings at 30 West Thirty-fourth Street, New York 

 City, for a stay of three days ; and on one of these days, as I sat at a south 

 window, looking out over nearby yards into a solitary, rather large de- 

 ciduous tree, I caught sight of a Scarlet Tanager (Piranga erythromelas) 

 descending from a great height in a northeasterly direction. A moment 

 or two later he had alighted in the tree before me. 



I do not remember what next happened to this bird, but I believe that 

 he had disappeared when I returned to the window after a short absence. 

 It may be assumed, I think, that he was migrating and, since he was mak- 

 ing his journey so late in the month and did not go a few blocks farther 

 to one of the parks before alighting, that he was an example of the lag- 

 gards, more or less subnormal, which are always to be found at migration 

 time. — Nathan Clifford Brown, Portland, Maine. 



Bohemian Waxwing at Seattle, Washington, During the Winter 

 of 1919-20. — After the remarkable invasion of this region in the winter 

 of 1916-17 by the Bohemian Waxwing (BombyHlla garrula), it was hardly 

 to be expected that another might soon occur, but during the past winter 

 1919-20, this locality has again been visited by this attractive bird, al- 

 though by comparison the number of individuals was not nearly as great 

 as in the preceding flight of three years ago. 



The first report given us of their occurrence came from Mr. C. J. Al- 

 brecht, of this city, who noted a small flock November 25, about twelve 

 miles east of the city and from that date the birds began to be seen in 

 flocks of varying sizes, these increasing in numbers until about the middle 

 of December when the maximum appeared to be reached, and it is also 

 at this time and during a few subsequent weeks that the largest flocks 

 were seen, we on two occasions observing one aggregating fully two thous- 

 and individuals. 



