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A farmer living near here has trapped and shot 40 hawks, nearly all 

 being Red-tails, on his fami within the past year. Another farmer living 

 in this county has destroyed nearly as many recently. I have noticed a 

 diminution in their numbers this winter. 



On March, 1907, a Whistling Swan was shot by Frank McCombs, near 

 Cadiz, and on the 22d of the same month another was shot by W. E. 

 Mong, near Scio, this county. 



In a conversation once with Dr. Beal, of Scio College, the author of the 

 Beal local option law, he told me of talking with a guide in northern 

 Michigan who claims once to have counted thousands of "Wild" Pigeons 

 lying dead upon the shore of the lake. A great storm had swept over the 

 lake a few days before, and the guide stated to the Doctor, who was spend- 

 ing his vacation in that region at the time, that the shore of the lake was 

 literally covered with the bodies of the dead birds for a great distance. 



Delbert Burdett, a farmer living near Cadiz, who has pointed out to me 

 the nesting places of the Redstart, Pileated Woodpecker, and other rather 

 rare birds, claim to have seen a great flock of Passenger Pigeons in Sep- 

 tember, 1898. He was at work cutting timber near St. Clairsville, Belmont 

 County, Ohio, sixteen miles from Cadiz, when a flock of "thousands" of 

 Pigeons suddenly appeared, and in alighting, covered a field several acres in 

 extent. A number of old farmers saw the birds, and all agreed they were 

 "Wild" Pigeons. I questioned Mr. Burdett very closely regarding the 

 occurrence, and have every reason for believing his story is correct. 



Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Gerke, of Rayland, Jefferson County, Ohio, captured 

 a Snowy Owl in their barn on May 9, 1909. This is a decidedly late date 

 for this owl to be found in eastern Ohio. — Harry B. McConnell, Cadiz, 

 Ohio. 



New Records for the State of Washington. — I wish to report the follow- 

 ing records for the State of Washington: 



Dendragapus obscurus richardsoni. Richardson's Grouse. — This 

 bird is reported by S. E. Piper of the Biological Survey as being not un- 

 common in the lateral canons of Snake River during the breeding season. 

 So far as known they leave this locality before the first of October. Mr. 

 Piper has hunted these birds and has inade "some good bags." Unfor- 

 tunately I have been unalile to locate his specimens. 



Ammodramus savannarum bimaculatus. Western Grasshopper 

 Sparrow. — Two adult males in breeding plumage were taken in a wheat 

 field in the Touchet Valley near Prescott, Walla Walla Co., on June 16, 

 1908. These specimens are in my possession. 



Junco montanus. Mountain Junco. — A female of this species was 

 taken by R. E. Snodgrass at Pullman, Whitman Co., October 11, 1902. 

 This specimen is in the Washington State College Museum. The species 

 was determined by H. C. Oberholser. 



Certhia familiaris montana. Rocky Mountain Creeper. — A specimen 

 taken at Prescott, Walla Walla Co., Dec. 26, 1908, was determined by W. H. 



