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never heard before, even in mild seasons, of C. auratus wintering so far 
north. —J. B. WiLLiAMs, Montreal, Can. 
Chuck-will’s-widow in Kansas.— Prof. D. E. Lantz kindly informs me 
that the specimen of the Chuck-will’s-widow (Axztrostomus carolinensis) 
taken at Wichita, Kan., as recorded by me in a footnote to p. 187 of ‘The 
Auk’ for April, 1889, is really the specimen recorded by him on the same 
page, which was sent to Prof. Dyche for confirmation of the identification, 
and by the latter forwarded to me. —J. A. ALLEN, Am. Mus. Nat. History, 
New Vork City. 
Otocoris alpestris praticola at Ipswich, Mass. —On October 26, 1899, 
at Ipswich, Mass., with Dr. Walter Faxon and Mr. G. M. Allen, I tooka 
male Prairie Horned Lark out of a flock of four birds (two others were 
also seen later), the other three appearing to be of the same race. The 
specimen taken seems of especial interest, as its measurements and pale- 
ness make it approach very nearly to arenzcola,—the specimen being 
almost intermediate as it is. Mr. Harry C. Oberholser and Mr. William 
Brewster, and all who have examined the bird, are of the opinion, how- 
ever, that it is perhaps nearest Jrafzcola, and must be called such. Geo- 
graphically of course, the bird is Aratzcola, for if arenzcola it is a straggler 
far out of its usual range. — REGINALD HEBER HoweE, JR., Longwood, 
Mass. 
The Red Crossbili Unusually Common at Portland, Maine, in Sum- 
mer. — During the early summer of 1899, Red Crossbills (Loxta curvtros- 
tra minor) were numerous about the west end of Portland, Maine,—a sec- 
tion of the city in which there is still a good deal of land devoted to 
gardens and lawns, and which contains a hill-side park with a large grove 
of pines. I returned to Portland from the south on June 2. The birds 
were then everywhere in evidence about my neighborhood, but mainly 
because of their vociferousness. They were quite elusive, and I found it 
difficult to estimate their numbers except from the noise they made. It 
was not until July 1 that I saw a large number together. On that morn- 
ing, [ counted twenty-eight in one open flock which flew slowly over 
me as I stood in the middle of a wide lawn. On the afternoon of that 
same day I left Portland for the summer. — NATHAN CLIFFORD Brown, 
Portland, Me. 
White-winged Crossbills in Rhode Island.— It may be of interest to 
Rhode Island ornithologists to record the taking of White-winged Cross- 
bills (Loxza leucoptera) at Neutaconkanut Hill, Johnston, R. I., Jan. 14 
and 30, and at Pawtuxet on the ist, 2d and 24th of February. — Epwarp 
H. ARMSTRONG, Providence, FR. J. 
White-winged Crossbills and Briinnich’s Murres in Central New Hamp- 
