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article on the present status of the Trumpeter Swan in North America. 

 In this he enumerates all the records of that bird that he could find, either 

 from personal correspondence or from the literature at hand. Let me point 

 out one notable omission. In the ' Wilson Bulletin,' September, 1902, p. 

 80, there is a record for the Trumpeter Swan (Olor buccinator) in April, 1900, 

 from Jackson County, Ohio (Henninger, Birds of Middle Southern Ohio). 

 The history of this specimen is as follows: The bird was shot on either 

 April 18 or 19, 1900, near Wellston, Jackson Co., Ohio, and sent in the flesh 

 to Mr. Oliver Davie, the well-known author and taxidermist of Columbus, 

 Ohio. Mr. Davie and I were good friends and talked about this specimen 

 several times. Mr. Davie's identification was certainly correct. He 

 mounted the bird and returned it to the owner, whose name I have for- 

 gotten, nor do I know what has become of the bird by this time. — W. F. 

 Henninger, New Bremen, Ohio. 



Little Blue Heron on Long Island, N. Y. — On April 5, 1919, I was 

 shown a Little Blue Heron {Florida cozrulea), which had been found dead, 

 a day or two before, on the banks of the Nissiquogue River, at Smithtown, 

 Long Island, N. Y. The body was sent to me by express and received 

 on April 11, 1919. I took it up to the American Museum of Natural 

 History and found my identification was correct. It was too far gone to 

 be mounted, but dissection proved it to be a male. The stomach was 

 practically empty. It was in the blue plumage, and on April 5, when I 

 first saw it, was in first-class condition. I foolishly did not take it with me, 

 as I did not realize its rarity, and only wrote for it afterwards. 



Eaton only gives four spring records for New York, viz.: " Lawrence 

 (N. T.), April 3, 1885, Far Rockaway, L. I."; (Byram) Dutcher's Notes, 

 April 7, 24, 1891, Shelter Island, L. I; Dutcher's Notes, Montauk, L. I., 

 April 20, 1898," and Binghamton, May 8-12, 1900. Miss Lillian Hyde — 

 Robt. B. Lawrence, New York City. 



Wood Ibis in Massachusetts. — Through the thoughtfulness of Mr. 

 E H. Forbush and the Massachusetts Commission on Fisheries and Game, 

 the Boston Society of Natural History has been presented with a young 

 Wood Ibis {Mycteria americana Linne) taken at Chilmark, Martha's Vine- 

 yard, Massachusetts, on November 26, 1918, by James A. Vincent. 



This is the second record of the species for Massachusetts, and the fifth 

 for New England; Maine, Vermont, and Rhode Island each having one 

 instance of its presence. — W. Sprague Brooks, Boston Society of Natural 

 History. 



Roseate Spoonbill in Utah. — On July 2, 1919, a Roseate Spoonbill 

 (Ajaia ajaja Linn.) was brought to me for identification. It had been killed 

 at Wendover, Utah, by Joseph Condley and was one of five that appeared 

 on his ranch. The specimen was a male and the skin is now in my col- 

 lection. 



