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below, with the sides of the head below the bill, and also the throat, 

 white, and a narrow black spot, shaped somewhat like a sickle, across the 

 breast. I did not notice any black streaks on the sides of the head or the 

 horns, but as I did not get very close, and did not look for them especially, 

 it is not strange. 



"On a second trip to the place, a week later, there was a very high 

 wind blowing and we saw nothing of the birds." 



This form of the Horned Lark has been already recorded as breeding 

 in North Adams and Williamstown, Mass. (Faxon, Auk, IX, 1892, p. 

 201), as well as in Vermont, New Hampshire, and near Troy in eastern 

 New York. — William Brewster. Cambridge, Mass. 



Capture of Clarke's Nutcracker in Crittenden County, Arkansas. — A 

 specimen of Clarke's Nutcracker (Pictcorvus columbianus) was killed 

 at Earl, Crittenden County, Ark., about twenty miles west of Memphis, 

 Tenn., about April 1, 1S91, and sent to Memphis for identification. It 

 came into my possession in the flesh, but was already somewhat decayed 

 about the head. I partly mounted it, and putting it aside for the time it 

 was almost forgotten. Some time afterward I had it remounted by a pro- 

 fessional taxidermist, but on account of the poor condition of the skin 

 he could not make a very nice specimen of it. — Robert H. Mitchell, 

 Memphis, Tenn. 



Occurrence of Aphelocoma cyanotis in Western Texas. — In the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture collection there are three specimens of 

 Aphelocoma in worn plumage, collected by William Lloyd in western 

 Texas. Through the kindness of Mr. Robert Ridgway they were 

 compared with the type of Aphelocoma cyanotis in the National Museum 

 collection, and were found to be referable to that species. They differ 

 from cyanotis in averaging a little smaller and in having a more slender 

 bill, thus grading toward woodhousei, as might be expected, where the 

 range of that bird is approached. In coloration, however, allowing for 

 the slight difference due to the wearing of the plumage, they are identical 

 with cyanotis, and in no way resemble -ivoodhousei. The specimens were 

 taken July 14, 18 and 21, 1S90, at Paisano, the highest point (5082 feet) 

 on the Southern Pacific Railroad in Texas, about 60 miles north of the 

 Mexican boundary. — A. K. Fisher, Washington, D. C. 



Icterus parisorum in Western San Diego County, California. — The 

 first week in April of the present year I was encamped on the Tia Juana 

 River about two miles south of the National boundary and eight miles 

 from the coast. Scott's Oriole was not uncommon at this point, nor at a 

 later camp about twenty miles from the coast and not far from ten miles 

 south of the boundary. As the country is exactly similar to that north of 

 the line in western San Diego County, it is not unreasonable to expect 

 that the species will be found equally common and of regular occurrence 

 in favorable localities through the southern part of this county. In 'The 



