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ORNITHOLOGIST 



[Vol. 8-No. 3 



Sharp-shinned Hawk. — S. F. Eathbun, 

 Auburn, N. Y., rej^orts shooting a Sliarp- 

 sliinned Hawk, Jan. 16. 



EiNG-BiLLED GuLL. — AjDril 29, '82, I shot 

 a specimen of ILarus Delawarensis at Roch- 

 ester, N. Y. It proved to be an adult fe- 

 male : length 21.50 inches, extent 49.50. — 

 a H. Wilder, Syracuse, JST. Y. 



Spotted Sandpiper. — July 12, '82. Saw 

 a Sandpiper (probabl3' the spotted) with 

 something that looked like a minnow in its 

 bill. Do they eat fish?— C. JI. Wilder, 

 /Si/raeuse, JV. Y. 



King Fisher shot at Portland. Conn.. 

 Jan. 14, in good plumage. — W. W. (Joe. 



Owls. — Messrs. Southwick & Jencks re- 

 port about 150 Owls this season — about 

 seventy-five Barred Owls, and including all 

 the varieties but Great Gray and Hawk 

 Owls. Among them is a Sparrow Owl ta- 

 ken near Providence and nineteen Snowy 

 Owls, one nearly white. 



Golden Eagle. — A. D. Butterfield, San 

 Jose, California, shot a young male Golden 

 Eagle, Dec. 20, 1882, which measured 33 

 inches in length, 6 feet 5^ inches across 

 the wings, 24 inch wing, 24 inch tail. A 

 good skin was made from it. 



Pine Grosbeaks. — Saw six Pine Gros- 

 beaks, Dec. 17. They were very tame — at 

 most touched one with my hand — no old 

 ones among them — these are the first speci- 

 mens noted this season. — John H. Sage. 



A Snoa\^ Owl was seen here on Sunday 

 and followed across the river but not killed. 

 — tToJm H. Sage, Portland, Conn. 



Eggs in a Set.— May 30. '81, found set 

 of five Catbird's eggs — nest in hazel bush. 

 In West Newton, Mass., June 20, '81, 

 found set of six Bluebirds in bird box. In 

 Peotine, 111., have found seven American 

 Bittern ; usual set three or four and some- 

 times five. Also a set of seven White- 

 rumped Shrike ; usual set five ; have found 

 six. — D. II. Eaton, Woburn, Mass. 



Albino Redwing Blackbird, (Agelceus 

 phmniceiis). — From a flock of Redwing 



" Starlings " I shot an Albino of a beauti- 

 ful Golden Yellow except the wings which 

 are white. The iris and tarsus were pink. 

 — Dr. F. W. Goding, Kaneuille, III., Sep- 

 tember 1, 1881. 



Clapper Rails' Eggs. — During the sea- 

 son of 1881 1,000 eggs were taken from a 

 tract of land not two miles square, and yet 

 not half was taken that could have been. 

 These eggs were taken to sell for cooking 

 purposes in New York market. 



The World Moves and so do some of our 

 young men. Southwick & Jencks are out 

 with a new Checking List that leaves our's 

 in the shade, and they are preparing a 

 catalogue that wall excel anything yet pro- 

 duced in that line. These two boys have 

 got a collection together that is worth go- 

 ing a very long distance to see, only leave 

 your wallet at home, and "Lead us not 

 into temptation." 



" Brown Creeper," Certhia familiaris,) 

 winters in dense woods, but very rarely. — 

 A. Hall, East Rockport, Ohio. 



Wild Goose. — I saw a Wild Goose last 

 night that was shot January 4 in the Mid- 

 dlefield ReserA'oir, two or three miles out 

 of the City of Middletown. He had been 

 seen in several places within a few miles of 

 here all Winter. Could fly well enough 

 and I could find no wounds on him except 

 the fresh ones. " Every day brings some- 

 thing new." — W. W. Coe, Portland, Conn. 



J. L. Goff writes that this Goose had 

 been in the company of a flock of crows 

 during the Winter. 



Albino Coweird. — Aug. 11. 1881, while 

 at Kaneville, 111., I shot an Albino Cow- 

 bird {3Iolothriis ater.) It measured 1^ 

 inches long and was of a creamy white 

 color with the exception of the head and 

 breast, which were a little more on the yel- 

 low tint. It was with a flock of Redwing 

 Blackbirds. Wlien I picked it up its eyes 

 shone like fire. The iris was of a fire red. 

 The pupil being pink the effect can be 

 imagined. I could not discern the sex. — 

 Jos. L. Ilancoch, Chicago. III. 



