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have been conspicuous. They approached me from the southwest, flying 

 about northeast, and then swung around by the west finally disappearing 

 over the point where I first saw them, after making a circle perhaps a mile 

 in circumference. There is a small river, hardly more than fifty yards in 

 width at the widest, just beyond where I lost sight of them. The nearest 

 pond I know of is three miles away." 



Inasmuch as Mr. Frazar is an ornithologist and sportsman of long and 

 varied experience one may accept, without the slightest hesitation, his 

 confident assurance that the birds he observed, under conditions so favor- 

 able for field identification, were Snow Geese. It must remain doubtful, 

 however, to which form of this species they belonged, although the proba- 

 bilities indicate the smaller bird hyperborea, that being of commoner occur- 

 rence in New England than its larger subspecies, nivalis. — William 

 Brewster, Cambridge, Mass. 



Another Ohio record for Oidemia deglandi. — Among a number of birds 

 which I recently received from the Ohio State University in exchange for 

 my collection of mammals there is a female of this species (Oidemia de- 

 glandi), shot March 10, 1881, at the Licking County Reservoir in Ohio. 

 Prof. L. Jones, in his Catalogue, mentions the two specimens recorded by 

 Dr. Wheaton and two specimens in the Oberlin Museum. Dawson and I 

 recorded a fifth specimen shot in 1881 in Sandusky Bay. This present speci- 

 men then makes the sixth record for the State of Ohio. As Dawson had 

 the collection of the Ohio State University at his elbow when writing his 

 book, it is certainly peculiar that he should have overlooked this specimen 

 and there may be perhaps other specimens in this collection not yet 

 brought to light. — W. F. Henninger, New Bremen, Ohio. 



The Masked Duck — A Correction.— In 'The Auk,' Vol. XXV, No. 4, 

 page 472, will be found a note by me on the capture of a Masked Duck 

 (Nomonyx dominions) in Chatham Co., Ga., on Oct. 5, 1906. The capture 

 was reported to me by Mr. G. R. Rossignol, Jr. (in whose possession it was) 

 and Prof. W. J. Hoxie, another Savannah ornithologist and I had full 

 faith in the judgment of these gentlemen. However, since writing said 

 note I have visited Savannah and had the pleasure of examining the collec- 

 tions of each and was both surprised and disappointed to find that they 

 were mistaken in this specimen. It is, without doubt, a Lesser Scaup, 

 and they were misled by rust colored stains on its breast and belly. 



While these have every appearance of being caused by grease, Prof. 

 Hoxie is now of the opinion that it is from some compound of iron in the 

 water frequented by the bird, as he states that he has since observed it in a 

 less degree on other specimens. I deeply regret that the error was made 

 and my note written. — Isaac F. Arnow, St. Marys, Ga. 



The Little Blue Heron in New Jersey. — In glancing over the January 

 issue of 'The Auk,' I noticed Mr. Reginald Heber Howe's note on the occur- 

 rence of the Little Blue Heron in New Jersey and the question he raised 



