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(1900, p. 10) and in Journal ftir Ornithologie (1900, p. 358) he defends its 

 use. — W. DeW. Miller, Ainerican Museum of Natural History, New 

 York City. 



Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) in Colorado. — Whilst looking through some of 

 my Colorado birds preparatory to sending them to the British Museum 

 (Nat. Hist.) London — I was pleased to find a male example of the above 

 bird taken in Pueblo Co., Colorado on April 5, 1896. So far as I am aware 

 this is the second occurrence of this species in the State. — Willoughby P. 

 Lowe, Throwleigh, Okehampton, England. 



The Fox Sparrow in Central Park, New York City, in August. — 



On the afternoon of August 9, with the temperature at 85°, I was in Cen- 

 tral Park looking for early migrating warblers. As I was going along a 

 path bordered by rhododendron shrubbery, I noticed a fair-sized bird 

 hopping along the edge of the path a few yards in front of me, scratching in 

 the dead leaves for food. A long look through binoculars proved it to be a 

 Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca iliaca) with somewhat worn plumage, al- 

 though the coloring was very rich. The bird appeared thoroughly misera- 

 ble and was obviously suffering from the heat. So listless was it, that 

 rather than move away, it permitted a very near approach, finally taking 

 wing with a feeble " cheep." This effort seemed to exhaust what little 

 energy it had left, as I found it sulking at the base of a bush, and it actually 

 permitted me to part the upper branches of the bush and peer down at it 

 with my face not more than five feet away. I stared at it some time before 

 it finally moved off once more, and I followed it about for some ten minutes 

 longer, in no case being far enough away to use binoculars. I cannot say 

 whether it was a ' left over ' from the last season or a migrant. The Fox 

 Sparrow does not arrive in Central Park much before October 15 as a rule. 

 The bird was not seen again, though I was in that part of the Park almost 

 every day until the end of August. — Ludlow Griscom, New York City. 



An Abnormal Rose-breasted Grosbeak. — I have a female Zame- 

 lodia ludoviciana which I took on June 7, 1894, at Sand Lake, Parry Sound 

 District, Ontario, and which closely resembles one described by Mr. Robert 

 Barbour (Auk, 1913, page 435). In my bird the under parts are grayish 

 white, the streaks are few, narrow and confined to the sides ; the breast has 

 a rather faint patch of deep chrome yellow which foUows in general outline 

 that of the adult male; the back is much lighter than is usual in the normal 

 female, the feathers being edged with gray instead of brown which brings 

 i nto contrast the dark centers of both the scapular and back feathers, the 

 rump and upper tail coverts are olive gray; the axillars and under wing 

 coverts are normal in color but a few of the latter have rose colored 

 streaks which though very fine are more pronounced than usual. The 

 bird was sexed and I think correctly by the late Mr. Geo. E. Atkinson. — 

 J. H. Fleming, Toronto, Ontario. 



