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I am not aware that this species has been before detected in Georgia. 

 I found it once in South Carolina, many years ago, and a specimen was se- 

 cured there by Mr. Alfred Cuthburt. It is now in the collection of Dr. 

 E. E. Murphy of Augusta, Ga. — W. J. Hoxie, Savannah, Ga. 



A Snowy Owl in New Jersey. — A Snowy Owl (Nyctea nyctea) was shot 

 on the line between Orange and South Orange, New Jersey, on November 

 19, 1910. The bird was secured by a man of the name of Adams, in the 

 employ of Mr. L. Bamberger, of 602 Center Street, and was placed for 

 mounting in the hands of Mr. Ray Baldwin, a taxidermist of Newark. 

 A letter written to the latter asking for particulars as to whether the bird 

 was unusually white, as indicated by Mr. Adams, failed to elicit any state- 

 ment. — B. S. Bowdish, Demarest, N. J. 



Northern Pileated Woodpecker in Massachusetts. — Mr. Henry P. 

 Meade has kindly given to me a Northern Pileated Woodpecker (Phlceoto- 

 mus pileatus abieticola) which he shot in Harvard, Mass., October 15, 1910. 

 It is a young male. This is an extremely rare bird in this locality. — 

 John E. Thayer, Lancaster, Mass. 



Breeding of the Raven in Pennsylvania. — The extreme and increas- 

 ing rarity of the Northern Raven (Corvus corax principalis) in the eastern 

 United States makes it advisable to place on record the nesting of a pair 

 in Center County, Pennsylvania. In 1909 the nest was found on a ledge 

 or shelf in a nearly perpendicular wall of rock in a gap in the mountains. 

 In middle April, when found, it held three full-fledged young. In 1910 

 a nearly finished nest was found on the same cliff on February 19, and the 

 set of five eggs was collected on March 1. A second set of five eggs was 

 found on March 16, and Mr. D. E. Harrower found a third set of four on 

 April 10. 



In early May (6-7), 1910, while back in Huntington County, I saw a 

 pair of Ravens with a young one scarcely able to fly and easily distinguish- 

 able by its weak, crow like notes. — Richard C. Harlow, Stale College, Pa. 



Clarke's Nutcracker in Illinois. — While in Milwaukee recently, Mr. 

 Shrosbree, chief taxidermist of the Milwaukee Public Museum, told me 

 of the capture of a specimen of Nucifraga columbiana by his brother, near 

 Chicago. Upon inquiry of Mr. Frank Shrosbree, he informed me as 

 follows: " I shot the Clarke's Nutcracker on the 9th of October, 1894, at 

 Gross Point, Illinois." Gross Point is a small German settlement in Cook 

 County, about 15 miles northwest of Chicago. This is, I believe, the 

 first record of this species for Illinois. — Henry K. Coale, Highland Park, 

 III. 



Evening Grosbeak (Hesperiphona vespertina) at Lyons, N. Y. — As 



this bird is such a very rare winter visitant in this section, I take the liberty 



