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I believe the only other records for Massachusetts are : — 



•Probable breeding of the Acadian Owl (Nyctale acadica) in Massa- 

 chusetts.' R. Deane, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. II, July, 1S77, p. 84. 

 Three specimens in first plumage are recorded, — one, taken June 28, 1876, 

 at Newton, Mass., one at Hingham, Mass., July 5, 1S76, and one July 8, 

 1876. 



•Breeding of the Acadian Owl in Eastern Massachusetts.' N. A. Francis 

 Bull. Nutt Orn. Club, Vol. VI, July, 1SS1, p. 1S5. Nest with five young 

 found June 4, 1880, at Braintree, Mass. 



'Breedingof the Acadian Owl {Nyctale acadica) \n Massachusetts.' Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. VI, July, 1881, pp. 143-145. Account by William 

 Brewster of nest with four eggs taken at Tvngsboro', Mass., April 5, 1SS1, 

 by W. B. Perham. Ibid., Jan., 1SS2, pp. 23-25. Additional noteson nest- 

 ing at Tvngsboro', by W. B. Perham, who found seven nests in all. 



'OmithologistandOologist,' Vol. XIV, Oct., 1SS9, pp. 155-156. Record 

 of nest with four eggs, well advanced in incubation, taken at Dunstable, 

 Mass., May 1, 18S9, by C. W. Swallow. 



In connection with this see also account of four nests found at Holland 

 Patent, N. Y. bv Egbert Bagg, in 'Ornithologist and Oologist,' Vol. XII, 

 No. 4, April, 1SS7, p. 57. — Outram Bangs, Wareham, Mass. 



Capture of Another Flammulated Owl in California. — On May 26, 1S93, 

 I became the possessor of an Owl which after a careful examination Mr. 

 F. Stephens decides is Megascops fiamuieola. As this is only the fourtk 

 specimen known to have been taken in this State, I thought it might be 

 of some interest to the readers of 'The Auk' to know of it. This specimen 

 was taken in the San Bernardino range of mountains at an elevation of 

 5000 feet. The specimen was a male and measured as follows : Length, 

 7.50 inches; alar extent, 17.50. — E. D. Palmer, San Bernardino, Cal. 



Empidonax flaviventris on Long Island, N. Y. — While collecting at 

 Flatbush, in the suburbs of Brooklyn, on June 4, 1892, I secured a male 

 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, which I find is the first record for Long Island. 

 No others were observed, although I hunted carefully through the patch 

 of underbrush and dead saplings where the specimen was secured. — Curtis 

 Clay Young, Brooklyn, N. T. 



Corrections. — Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus and Spiza americana 

 in Maine. — In a note in 'The Auk.' Vol. X, July, 1893, p. 302, I 

 mentioned these birds in terms that require further notice. The spec- 

 imen of A', xanthocephalus brought under consideration was first noted 

 by Mr. Ridgway in 1SS7 (c/. Auk, Vol. IV, July 1SS7, p. 256). But in the 

 dates given in the two notices there is a discrepancy of nearly a year. As 

 I saw the bird before and at the time it was shot, and kept record of the 

 fact in my diary, I feel authorized to furnish the correct date, which is, as 

 I have previously stated, Aug. 17, 18S2. That both notes refer to the 



