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under my notice, being very similar to a Sparrow Hawk's egg figured by 

 Bendire (Life Histories of N. A. Birds, Vol. I, PI. X, fig. 13). In size they 

 average 50X41 mm. and are quite uniform. — Charles R. Keyes, Mt. 

 Vernon, Iowa. 



A Northern Record for the Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) 

 in Wisconsin. — I have recently examined a mounted specimen of this 

 Kite, which was shot at Glidden, Ashland County, Wis., July 26, 1901, by 

 Mr. William Blome of Chicago, and is still in his possession. The few 

 previous records of this species in the State have been confined to the 

 southern portion, while the specimen in question was taken within thirty- 

 five miles of the Lake Superior shore. — Rtjthven Deane, Chicago, III. 



Three Michigan Records. — American Goshawk, Accipiter atricapillus. 

 — I recently examined a fine immature female of this species shot by a 

 boy on October 29, 1905, near Orion, Oakland Co., Michigan, which was 

 sent in for mounting to L. J. Eppinger, the Detroit taxidermist. As far 

 as my knowledge extends this is the first bird that has been taken in Oak- 

 land County, and the third record for southeastern Michigan, the first being 

 taken near Plymouth, Wayne County, December 24, 1898 (Bull. Mich. 

 Ornith. Club, 1898, 38). However, I have no doubt but that this species 

 ranges through this section of Michigan in late fall and winter to a greater 

 extent than the records demonstrate. Possibly some of the so-called 

 winter records for A. cooperi are of this species. Mr. A. B. Covert tells 

 me that an occasional bird finds its way into the taxidermists' hands at 

 Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County. 



American Barn Owl, Strix pratincola. — Records of this species here 

 are rare and irregular. I recently examined a bird taken in Greenfield 

 Township, Wayne County, early in October, 1905. A. B. Covert informs 

 me that he recently mounted a pair of these owls which were brought to 

 him alive at Ann Arbor. The gentleman who brought in the birds stated 

 that they had nested in his yard at Ann Arbor, during the present spring. 



Saw Whet Owl, Cryptoglaux acadica. — A boy brought in one of these 

 birds which he secured in Detroit on October 24. It is strange that nearly 

 every specimen of this bird that I have examined has been taken by the 

 omnipresent small boy. Personally I have met with but one bird, in 

 December, 18S9. — Bradshaw H. Swales, Detroit, Mich. 



Another Large Flight of Snowy Owls. — Unusually large flights of 

 Snowy Owls (Nyctea nivea) to and beyond our latitude, used to occur 

 every eight or ten years, but it was only three years ago when great num- 

 bers visited Canada and the New England and Middle States. We are 

 now taken quite unawares by another flight, which will possibly exceed 

 in numbers that of the winter of 1902-03, as the migration has started 

 somewhat earlier. I have not had opportunity as yet to canvass any 



