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plumage, I have yet to determine. The golden yellow crown patch was 

 distinct as were the characteristic three toes. This particular stand of 

 charred and dead pines is undoubtedly what is keeping him here all winter. 

 Evidence of his search for the particular beetle that bores in the dead wood 

 was on every side and the bark was stripped from many of the pines. 

 He gave us several examples of his method of doing this; firmly secured 

 to the tree by his toes and using the two prominent quill points of his black 

 tell as a support, he would seize the edge of the bark with his long blunt 

 bill and force head, bill, and bark clown sideways until a considerable 

 portion of the bark would break off. He also afforded a striking resem- 

 blance to a large knot, when with head drawn far back he " froze," — per- 

 haps because of a nearby Hairy that had been working tree by tree nearer 

 until he darted straight at Arctic trying to intimidate or dislodge him, but 

 without success. Of us Arctic showed little or no fear either, for several 

 vigorous kicks against the tree trunk failed to frighten him, while a stick 

 thrown higher up in the same tree merely sent him to another one some 

 ten or fifteen feet away where he resumed his work.. 



In Vol. XVII of ' The Auk ' I note a record in the eastern part of Massa- 

 chusetts for January 1899. The observer concludes his remarks with the 

 statement: " This record must be pretty far south for this species, espe- 

 cially in such a mild and open winter." Why it is that this boreal bird was 

 not driven south last year when we had one of the severest winters on record 

 and chose this year instead, is one of the as yet unanswered questions per- 

 taining to bird lore. The query uppermost in my mind is — Does the mild 

 and open winter have anything to do with the appearance of the Arctic 

 Three-toed Woodpecker along the southern border of his range? — Aaron 

 C. Bagg, Holyoke, Mass. 



Blue Jay Again in Jefferson Co., Colorado. — In Vol. XXXIV, No. 2 

 of ' The Auk ' I reported the occurrence of three Blue Jays (Cyanocitta 

 cristata cristata) one and a half miles south of Broomfield, Colorado. These 

 birds were very wild and it was impossible to get close enough to them 

 to obtain a specimen. On October 27, 1918, I was more successful. On 

 this date I was again startled by the cry of a Blue Jay coming from an 

 apple tree beside a small patch of corn not far from our house. Securing 

 my gun, I hurried to the spot and obtained the specimen, a female, which 

 is before me as I write, this article. She was unafraid and seemed perfectly 

 at home beside this patch of corn. — A. H. Felger, Denver, Colo. 



Song of the Canada Jay. — The note entitled " The Song of the Blue 

 Jay," which was published in ' The Auk ' for January, 1919, interests me 

 much, and causes me to wonder if it is generally known that the Canada Jay 

 possesses a true song also. The following extract from my notes, dated 

 May 7, 1911, may be worth publishing in this connection. 



"While walking through the woods between Long Swamp and the 



