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which form it was, I sent it to Mr. J. H. Riley of Washington for identifi- 

 cation, who reports it to be Coccyzus minor maynardi Ridgw., adding 

 that there was no certainty heretofore to which form the Cuban bird 

 belonged. I have another specimen of this specnes also a female taken by 

 me along the bay at " Los Canos," Guantanamo on March 26, 1911, 

 which had remained unidentified in my collection until now. — Chas. T. 

 Ramsden, GuaiUanamo, Cuba. 



The Cuban Whip-poor-will {Antrodomus cubanensis Lawrence) 

 with Young. — On April 20, 1912, while riding over some pastures 10 

 miles south of Bayamo, a city in Oriente Province, Cuba, 1 came to a patch 

 of woods about two acres in extent which stood in the middle of the pasture 

 and through which flowed a small stream ; suddenly there flew up from under 

 the horse's feet four Antrostomus cubanensis — two adults and two three- 

 fourths grown young. I secured one of the young by throwing a stick at 

 it, the parents flew short distances each flight, to attract me away from 

 the spot, but I was unable to secure them as I had no gun. 



I believe this to be the first record of the young being seen or taken, as 

 also a new locality record: Dr. Gundlach states that he has taken it only 

 at " La Cienaga de Zapata " and in the mountains north of Guantanamo. 

 — Chas. T. Ramsden, Guantanamo, Cuba. 



A Starling at Squantum, Mass. — On March 26, 1912, on a trip to 

 Squantum and Moon Island with Mr. Richard M. Marble, a Starling 

 (Sturnus vulgaris) was seen on the headland, known as Squantum Head. 

 It was in company with four Robins and was viewed on successive perches 

 upon the scattered trees and also as it walked on the ground. The bird 

 was not seen on subsequent visits to the place either by ourselves or by 

 other observers. As Squantum Head is within sight of the gilded dome 

 of the State House, the occurrence of this individual Starling, is, so far as 

 I am aware, the first record of the species in the immediate vicinity of 

 Boston. — Horace W. Wright, Boston, Mass. 



A case of Cannibalism among Blackbirds. — On June 17, 1911, 

 in a patch of rushes bordering the Wisconsin River, at Tomahawk, Wise, 

 I noticed a great commotion among a colony of Red-winged Blackbirds. 

 Upon investigation I found the object of the united attack of the Redwings 

 was an adult male Bronzed Grackle. As the Crackles and Blackbirds 

 appeared to live peaceably side by side all along the river I suspected the 

 bird which was being attacked had wronged the Redwings, and to render 

 my observations more certain I shot the Grackle, and on picking him up 

 found a young Redwing in his bill. He had killed the Redwing by crushing 

 its skull with his heavy bill and would no doubt have carried it oE to his 

 own young, had not the adult Redwings attacked him. Judging the young 

 Redwing by its size, it had probably left the nest for about a week, and it is 

 surprising that the Grackle should have selected so large a bird. An 



