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ary, 1911, and a pair which wore apparently mated, on February 22, of 

 the same year, all in Warwick. 



Cryptoglaux acadica acadica. Saw-whet Owl. — An additional 

 record of this rare winter visitor is a female taken on November 1, 1910, 

 at Point Judith by Mr. II. S. Champlin. 



Picoides arcticus. Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. — An adult 

 male was shot in Harrington on December 25, 1905, by a boy faun whom it 

 was purchased by Angell & Cash, taxidermists in Providence. While 

 in a grove of pit eh pines on Potowomut Neck in Warwick on February 22, 

 1911, 1 saw one of this species busily engaged in digging out a grub from the 

 trunk of a dead pine tree. I fired at the bird but he flew off unhurt. I re- 

 turned to this tree later on and found the bird at work, fifteen feet up the 

 trunk. He did not mind my presence in the least and let me approach the 

 foot of the tree. Another attempt to collect it was unsuccessful and I did 

 not see the bird again. These are the first two instances of their occurrence 

 in this state. 



Nuttallornis borealis. Olive-sided Flycatcher. — I saw one 

 perched on the topmost limb of a large dead white pine in Charlestown on 

 June 5, 1910. When some distance from the tree 1 heard its loud call notes 

 and upon approaching, it flew out of sight. This is the first one I have ever 

 seen and it is an extremely rare migrant with us. 



Corvus brachyrhynchos brachyrhynchos. Crow. — Dr. H. P. Beck 

 of Newport kindly permits me to record an albino that was killed on 

 Prudence Island in December. 1910. The bird is mounted in his collection. 



Sturnus vulgaris. Starling. — This old world species fust introduced 

 into New York City made its appearance in this state at Silver Spring in 

 East Providence in the summer of 1908. I was informed of their presence 

 here by Mr. I. R. Sheldon who saw seven or eight birds and said they had 

 nested there that summer. I saw a flock of thirty-two in an elm tree in 

 Warwick on December 17. 1911. Prof. EL E. Walter of Brown University 

 told me of seeing seven on April 2. 1912, in East Providence ami that he 

 saw two enter holes in trees. During December of 1912 about a dozen 

 wen- reported as roosting in tin- steeple of the church in Rumford. Miss 

 Elizabeth Dickens wrote me that her father saw the first Starling on Block 

 Island on October 2, 1912, and on November 23. 1912, a flock of twenty 

 were seen. 



Molothrus ater ater. Cowbird. — A male and female were seen on 

 Block Island, January 10, 1913, by Miss Elizabeth Dickens. The weather 

 had been very mild up to this time. 



Euphagus carolinus. Rusty Blackbird. — Two of this species were 

 feeding along the banks of a running brook in Warwick on February 4, 1912, 

 one of which I secured, a male now in my collection. The weather had 

 been very severe during January, and all nature was encased in snow and 

 ice. This is the first record for this bird wintering with us. 



Hesperiphona vespertina vespertina. Evening Grosbeak. -Miss 

 Anna E. Cobb reported having seen a male on January 7, 1911, in Mcshanti- 



