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right wing independently of the left, however, two or three times ; but the 

 left wing was used much more. This must be an inherited instinct, for 

 the bird had not been with its parents since leaving the nest, for more 

 than a few minutes, having been immediately placed in captivity, and 

 the experiment tried twelve hours later. — Ernest Seeman, Durham., N. C. 



Ohio Notes. — I count myself fortunate in having found a pair of 

 Rose-breasted Grosbeaks in this vicinity. They rarely nest here, 

 usually remaining with us a few days, then going farther north, but this 

 pair evidently intends to remain. I first saw them the iSth of May flying 

 about a thicket of young trees and bushes as if their nests were near. 

 Since that date I have seen the pair a number of times but have not yet 

 found the nest. I am satisfied, however, that it is in the thicket and I 

 will probably find it when the young are hatched. 



The Red-headed Woodpeckers have apparently deserted this vicinity 

 permanently ; I have seen but two birds this spring. The numerous 

 traction lines being constructed, and the consequent building up of the 

 country districts, is, I think, the chief cause of their disappearance. On 

 a recent trip through the more eastern counties I found the Redheads to 

 be numerous. 



The various ornithological and nature societies of Cincinnati and 

 Hamilton County are again considering methods of dealing with the 

 English Sparrows. In Cincinnati they are particularly troublesome, but 

 in the past all efforts to control them have failed. 



In southwestern Ohio the Cuvier Club of Cincinnati has compelled a 

 rigid enforcement of the laws protecting our birds and has accomplished 

 much good. Many of the desirable species are much more common than 

 formerly. Cardinals, Orioles, Goldfinches, Thrashers, and other species 

 are numerous. Chats, Flickers, Tanagers, Catbirds, etc., while not so 

 numerous as the first mentioned species, are quite common. — Nat. S. 

 Green, Camp Deiinisoii, Ohio. 



Louisiana Migration Notes. — During the past spring at New Orleans, 

 and at other localities having the same latitude, additional data have been 

 collected that show the extreme procrastination of many of the Warblers 

 during the spring migratLoin. In the wake of strong migratory impulses 

 the last pait of April, several ^species have loitered in this section until 

 May was nearly half gone. The last Tennessee Warbler was noted May 

 9, at Audubon Park, New Orleans. April 29, and the week succeeding, 

 this species had been reasonably common in the willow and hackberry 

 thicket that grows on the river front at Audubon Park. In company with 

 the Tennessee Warbler on April 26 and for one or two of the succeeding 

 days, were one or two each of the Redstart, Black-throated Green Warbler, 

 Magnolia Warbler, and Bay-breasted Warbler. In the matter of song, 

 however, the Tennessee Warbler was alone. Mr. W. B. Allison reports 



