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occur in this plateau region. Perhaps the Sparrow Hawk of the plateau 

 region of Texas, in which Torn Green County is situated, will prove to be 

 distinct from the eastern bird when more carefully studied. — G. H. Rags- 

 dale, Gainsvillc, Texas. 



Great Gray Owl in Worcester County, Mass. — A Great Gray Owl 

 {Scotiapfex entered) was killed in Princeton, Feb. 28, by E. T. Whit- 

 taker, a member of the Worcester Sportsmen's Club. The day was severely 

 cold, the thermoneter registering 4° below zero. This is the first record 

 for this species in this Countj'. — George B. Churchill, Worcester, Afass. 



Acadian Owl {^Nyctala aeudica) at Washington, D. C. — The Acadian 

 CJwl has always been considered of extremely rare occurrence at the Cap- 

 ital ; in fact until the present winter but five specimens were known from 

 this locality. The first of these was taken by Mr. Drexler some years 

 ago. which was followed by an occasional capture from time to time. On 

 December 12, 1890, an adult male was taken by Mr. Walter B. Barrows 

 three miles east of the city at Brookland. This served as a stimulus for 

 close search, and on Januarj' 4, 1891, reward came in the shape of three 

 females taken by Mr. J. D. Figgins and myself. These were mostly in a 

 dense thicket of pines, less than half an acre in extent, and the peculiar- 

 ity especially noticeable was the fact that not a single male was to be 

 found, although we searched the woods again and again, as well as neigh- 

 boring patches of pine. On Feb. 4 or 5, 1S91, one flew into the Smithson- 

 ian building where it was captured alive, and now serves as one of the 

 attractions of the 'Zoo', making a total of five taken the past winter, or as 

 many as all prevfous records taken together. 



^ It would appear from this that the species is much more common than 

 ordinarily supposed, but if such be the case it is strange t'nat no more have 

 been taken, as scarcely a week has passed that Mr. Figgins and myself 

 have not spent at least one da}- in the woods, and alwaj's with an eye open 

 for Nyctala, but since the record of January 4, not a feather has rewarded 

 our efforts, and it must. I think, still be considered as one of the rarer 

 birds of the district. — Edwin M. Hasbrouck, Washhiffto?!, D. C. 



Occurrence of the Groove-billed Ani at Jupiter Inlet, Florida. — While 

 at Palm Beach, Lake Worth, Fla., my friend, Mr. Franz Kinzel, a resi- 

 dent there, informed me that an example of Crotofihaga stilcirostris 

 Swains, had been shot during the first week in January last at Jupiter In- 

 let. Mr. Kinzel examined the bird, and identified it himself with the aid 

 of Ridgway's ' Manual,' in which it is stated that this species has only 

 occurred in the United States in the Valley of the lower Rio Grande in 

 Texas, thence extending southwards to Peru. — A. S. Packard, Broxvii 

 University, Providence, R. I. 



Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris) in Arizona. — A specimen 

 of the Groove-billed Ani is now in my possession which was shot about 



