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months before. The great body of migrants are said to pursue different 

 routes to their northern homes at different seasons. Very true ; but how 

 about our summer residents 1 



I confess myself puzzled for a satisfactory solution to the question. The 

 abundance or scarcity of birds in winter or autumn has been better ex- 

 plained. — N. C. Brown. 



Occurrence op the Wood Ibis in Pennsylvania and New York. 

 — I learn from Mr. C. J. Maynard, who saw and examined the specimen, 

 that on June 21, 1876, a Wood Ibis (Tantalus loculator) was captured at 

 Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It was reported to be one of a small flock 

 seen flying northward. " Forest and Stream" (of July 20, 1876) records 

 (on the authority of Mr. Frederic S. Webster) the capture of another 

 specimen on June 24, at Troy, New York. The occurrence of this strictly 

 southern species so far north of its usual range has not, I think, been be- 

 fore reported. While its usual northern limit in the interior is South- 

 ern Illinois, it has been reported as occurring in Ohio and Wisconsin, and 

 Dr. Coues refers to its occurrence in Chester County, Pennsylvania, its 

 previous most northern record on the Atlantic slope. — J. A. Allen. 



Peculiar Nesting-Site of the Bank-Swallow. — Dr. Rufus Ham- 

 mond, of Brookville, Indiana, writes, under date of June 5, 1876 : " Two 

 weeks ago I saw a Bank-Swallow building its nest in the east end of a 

 frame paper-mill, about seventy yards from the depot, in which was placed 

 the nest of which I have already informed you [see " American Natur- 

 ralist," Vol. X, p. 373, June, 1876]. A weather-board had become de- 

 tached from the building, leaving a small opening, in which I watched for 

 two days a Bank-Swallow building a nest. Soon after the mill caught 

 fire and was burned, of course destroying the nest and its contents. I 

 have no doubt these birds will ultimately change their habits so far as to 

 build their nests in anj r convenient place, especially in pudlock holes left 

 open in brick buildings." I should, however, add that Mr. Ridgway 

 (" American Naturalist," Vol. X, p. 493, Aug., 1876) questions whether the 

 birds observed were not the Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ser- 

 ripennis), which nests as Dr. Hammond describes. — Elliott Coues. 



