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uniform in their coloration, all agreeing with one of his eggs. His 

 nest agreed with mine also in location. His set (3 eggs) measures 

 18.54 X 13.46; 18.80 X 13.46; 18.54 X 13.72 mm. My set (4 eggs) 

 measures 18.54 X 13.75; 18.25 X 13.75; 18 X 13.50; 18.75 X 14. 

 They look like a large edition of Field Sparrow eggs, but bear no 

 resemblance to any other sparrow eggs in Ohio. In form they are 

 oblong oval, the Grasshopper Sparrow's eggs are ovate squatty in 

 shape with a polished white ground color. 



Thus it will be seen that even though I did not capture the bird, 

 there is no doubt whatever that I found the first authentic nest 

 and eggs of Henslow's Sparrow in Ohio, and that Jones and Daw- 

 son were correct in their view that Henslow's Sparrow is a rare and 

 irregular breeder in Ohio. To show the difference I have also added 

 a photograph of the Grasshopper Sparrow's nest and eggs. Both 

 pictures are simply loaned to 'The Auk,' and republication in any 

 other work will be strictly dealt with according to law. I am under 

 great obligations to Mr. J. Claire Wood for his kindness and help. 

 And finally I have no doubt that Henslow's Sparrow will be 

 found in many other places in Ohio by careful and competent 

 observers. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Black Brant (Branta iiigricans) in Massachusetts. — As this bird is one 

 of the very rarest in Massachusetts, and also is but a rare straggler on any 

 part of the Atlantic coast, every instance of its being taken should be 

 placed on record. I heard of one of these Brant being killed some years 

 ago at Chatham, and upon further investigation found the bird in the col- 

 lection of Mr. W. A. Carey of Boston. It was shot on April 15, 1902, and 

 was one of a flock of seven Brant, and the only one killed. That spring 

 there was an unusually small number of Brant at Chatham, and the party 

 at the Monomoy Brant Club, the week that Mr. Carey was there, killed but 

 very few birds. Curiously enough this was the only one that he himself 

 shot. I supposed that it had been reported long ago and was much sur- 

 prised to find that it had been overlooked, though a number of people knew 

 of its existence. This is only the second record for the State, the other 

 being one reported by C. B. Cory as killed in the spring of 1883, also at 



