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ORNITHOLOGIST 



[Vol. 8-No. 4 



alive, which he said he and his dog had 

 caught in his meadows. He took it home 

 again and kept it a few days, when it died, 

 and I now have it in my possession. It 

 was in immature phimage, of course, and 

 was the first Grebe ontside of the common 

 Pied-billed that I have ever seen here. 

 Within the last month I have examined 

 specunens of Long-eared, Short-eared, 

 Barn, Screech, Barred and Great Horned 

 Owls.— IV. T. WarricA; Washington, I\i. 



Notes Fkom Connecticut. — A pair of 

 Mallard Dncks, {Atuis boscas.) male and 

 female, were shot in this town Oct. 30, 

 1882. A man saw them fly over to a little 

 pond near his barn, and was lucky enough 

 to take them both at one shot. This is the 

 first time that I have ever known of this 

 species occurring here. I have ia my col- 

 lection a Velvet Duck, {Jlefanetta I'elveti- 

 na.) which I shot Oct. 19, 1881, in Crystal 

 pond in this town. She seemed perfectly 

 at home, and was busily engaged in diving 

 for food. I have also a Dovekie, (Alle ni- 

 gricans,) that was taken about six miles 

 from here in the town of Pomfret, Nov. 

 23, 1878. It was jiist after a heavy north- 

 east gale, and the bird had evidently been 

 blown inland from Mass. Bay, although 

 the distance must be more than fifty miles. 

 It was caught ahve in a field. — C. M. 

 Jones, Eastford, Conn. 



Phcebe Birds in Winter. — This Winter I 

 have seen two specimens of Sayon^is fus- 

 cus, (Dec. 26 and Jan. 18,) and my friend. 

 Mr. Wm. T. Allen of G.iylord, Clarke Co., 

 Va., (thirty miles south of this,) reports 

 another, Jan. 15th. The ground has been 

 covered with snow for three weeks, and the 

 Winter rather harder than usual, but the 

 birds seemed in good condition. They 

 were prospecting about outhouses when 

 seen, under the eaves of which they would 

 find the cocoons of spiders: cabbage but- 

 terflies, and similar insects. They uttered 

 a weak sort of note, something like "chek," 

 which I have never heard before. — Edgar 

 A. Small, Ha ger storm, Md. 



On the Move. — Mr. Charles F. Batch- 

 elder of the Nuttall Ornithological Club is 

 having what we should call a good time in 

 the region where all good ornithologists 

 would like to go. He writes from River- 

 side, Cal. : '' Am doing a good deal of col- 

 lecting here, and have been also at points 

 in Xew Mexico and Arizona." We wish 

 him a safe return with a good fat Note 

 Book, and we'll keep an eye on the Bidle- 

 tin for the result. 



White-winged Crossbills here in No- 

 vember. Mr. Worthington mounted one 

 of them. — Moses B. Griffing, Shelter Isl- 

 and, JV. Y. 



Wanted to Know, ^liy the composi- 

 tor made such mistakes in our notes on 

 the '' Birds of Ohio " as shore, for those, 

 and "Wharton, for Wheaton ? We did not 

 see proof. 



If the Editoi-s of the Bull, of the Nutt. 

 Orn. Club have been identified suflScient- 

 ly to satisfy the scientific ornithologist ? 



If ornithologists really appreciate the 

 beautiful work being published at Circle- 

 ville. Ohio? 



Summer Birds in Winter. Dec. 13th, two 

 Long Sparrows : 20th, small flock of 

 Meadow Larks : 25th, Golden Winged 

 Woodpecker ; Jan. 1st, '83. Yellow Rump 

 Warblers quite common among the cedars ; 

 12th. three Bhiebirds; 26th. shot a Bay- 

 vdnged Bunting: 15th, Belted King Fisher 

 shot at Middletown.— 6"'Art6\ H ^'^eff, Port- 

 land, Conn. 



Owls. — Received tin-type of a Barred 

 Owl and two Screech Owls from W. W. 

 Coes. Thanks. 



Yellow Rump Warbler. — Shot. Jan. 12, 

 1883, a specimen of '' 7). coronata " in or- 

 chard. Thermometer at zero, ground cov- 

 ered with snow. On examination I found 

 the bird to be fat and healthy. Crop and 

 stomach contained berries from the Red 

 Cedar. Have been a close observer of birds 

 for the last ten years and I think this is 

 the first record of its occuri-ence in Winter 

 in Northern Ohio. — A. Hcdl. E. Bockport. 



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