128 Ferry, Notes on Winter Birds. [ April 



within a few paces of them. They are not a common bird in this 

 vicinity. 



Zonotrichia albicollis. White-throated Sparrow. — On Janu- 

 ary 24, while hunting for winter birds on the beach, I captured 

 four adult specimens of this species. The day was very cold (l°- 

 10° above zero) with a high northwest wind. This is the first 

 known occurrence of this species here in winter. 



Cardinalis cardinalis. Cardinal. — A pair of these birds were 

 observed on January 13, at River Forest. They are not a common 

 bird here at any season. The spot where they were seen was on 

 the Desplaines River, and they are usually encountered along the 

 heavy timber and underbrush of several rivers in the vicinity which 

 make convenient highways from the center of their abundance in 

 the central and southern portion of the State. Mr. Frank Gates 

 of Chicago reports one seen on the Desplaines River, west of 

 Chicago, on December 24, and one seen in Graceland Cemetery, 

 Chicago, on the 25th and 29th of December and on January 1. 



Lanius borealis. Northern Shrike. — These birds are of 

 regular occurrence here in the winter. One was seen this year on 

 October 12 at Jackson Park, and specimens were taken on October 

 25 and November 9. On the latter date a half-eaten White-winged 

 Crossbill, impaled on a dead pine branch, was observed, and the 

 abundance of small birds in the heavy pines, doubtless was a 

 strong attraction to the shrikes. 



Ampelis garrulus. Bohemian Waxwing. — The arrival of 

 this irregular winter visitant had been eagerly watched for, when 

 on November 22 Mr. T. H. Douglass saw a flock of ten clustering 

 on his small spruce trees and later feeding on barberry bushes 

 close by. Two were seen by H. S. Swarth about Jackson Park, 

 Chicago, February 2-7, feeding on barberries, and one was taken 

 on the 7th. These birds have often been observed in this locality, 

 they sometimes occurring in immense flocks. Their appearance, 

 however, is very uncertain. They sometimes seek the deep woods 

 for shelter, but they feed more in the open country, where berries 

 and seeds still cling to the shrubbery and trees. 



Penthestes hudsonicus. Hudsonian Chickadee. — This bird 

 was first met on November 5 1 in a heavy clump of pines, where 



1 As mentioned, without definite data, by F. M. Woodruff in ' The Auk ' for 

 January, 1907, p. 107. 



