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limited to the vicinity of that lake, it seems altogether likely that this 

 bird will be found, eventually, to be a somewhat rare, but quite regular 

 inhabitant of the strip of land extending along the north shore of Lake 

 Erie. — W. E. Saunders, London, Ont. 



Magpie in Knox County, Indiana. — A Magpie {Pica pica hudsonia) 

 has been seen passing the winter a few miles north of Bicknell, Knox Co., 

 Indiana. It has been observed by quite a number of persons who all 

 tell me the bird was black with white shoulder patches, a white band on 

 the wings, and white imderparts; bill long and black, tail long and wedge- 

 shaped, body slender. It kept around outbuildings, feed lots and slaughter 

 pens and fed on offal. It was seen December 24, 1907, and also February 

 10, 1908. So far as I am aware, this is the first record for the species for 

 this State. — E. J. Chansler, Bicknell, Knox Co., Ind. 



A Correction: A New Bird for the United States. — In the July, 1909, 

 ' Auk,' I reported the capture of a Red-eyed Cowbird (Tangavius ceneus 

 involucraius) near Tucson, Ariz. This specimen was later identified by the 

 Biological Survey as T. ceneus ceneus of western Mexico, which thus makes a 

 new record for the area covered by the A. O. U. Check-List. 



Several Red-eyed Cowbirds spent the summer near Tucson, and at least 

 four young were raised ; two by Canon Towhees and two by Arizona Hooded 

 Orioles. Specimens were last observed September 21. 



The capture of a male Red-eyed Cowbird May 28, at Sacoton, Arizona, 

 (on the Gila River, 75 miles northwest of Tucson and 30 miles southeast 

 of Phoenix) was reported by Mr. Breninger in the August ' Condor.' W. 

 W. Cooke writes me that this specimen was compared with mine and was 

 found to represent the same variety. — S. S. Visher, Universtiy of Chicago. 



A Migration of Longspurs over Chicago on December 13, 1909. — On 



December 13, 1909, a consicierable migration of birds, probably some species 

 of Longspur, occurred at Chicago between the hours, as far as I observed, 

 of 5:30 p. M. and 10 p. m. As it was dark during this period the birds were 

 not seen, but their calls were plainly heard as often as I went outside to 

 listen for them. Their number indicated that large flocks of birds were 

 passing overhead, and their changes of source suggested that they were 

 traveling in a southerly direction. The calls resembled the common one- 

 syllabled flight call of the Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus), but 

 had more of a ringing quality. 



My observations were made on and near the campus of the University 

 of Chicago, which is about a mile west of Lake Michigan. The official 

 weather map and report for this date show that Chicago was in the center 

 of a "low," with winds coming from the west and northwest at a velocity 

 of 23 to 26 miles an hour. A wet snow fell up to 8 o'clock p. M. and the 

 temperature was a little below freezing. 



