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near as I was able to get) I could not find the bird with the white tail. 
Upon trying to approach closer they flew sidewise to me, so that I could 
not see the tail-feathers very well, and went too far for us to follow them. 
On top of the hill I found one Lapland Longspur and approached within 
about thirty feet of it, when it took wing and, when flying, was joined by 
two more of its species and a couple of Shore Larks. The Lapland Long- 
spurs when flying with Shore Larks resemble the latter so closely that 
they can only be distinguished by their note, which is so different that no 
mistake can possibly be made. 
On Feb. 18 my brother found a flock of about forty Shore Larks, con- 
taining a few Lapland Longspurs, two of which he shot. On the 20tha 
few Lapland Longspurs were seen with a flock of Shore Larks, but were 
so wild that they were given up after about three hours of persistent hunt- 
ing. On Feb. 22, my brother, afriend, and myself were out and saw two 
Lapland Longspurs ina flock of forty or fifty Shore Larks. They were 
very wild and flushed out of range, but flew back past us, when I recog- 
nized one of the Longspurs by its call and shot it. We have seen none 
since the 22d, although we have been over the ground on which they were 
found several times.—W. F. HENprRiIcKsoN, Long Island City, N. Y. 
Breeding of Habia ludoviciana in Niagara County, New York.— Al- 
though I have collected and made observations of birds in this County for 
the past ten years, not until the past season have I found the Rose- 
breasted Grosbeak breeding here. On May 26, 1888, I found in the edge 
of a piece of woods a nest about five feet from the ground, containing one 
egg, I was unable to identify. Returning on the 30th, I was surprised to 
find a male of this species on the nest. I stood within three feet of him 
for some time, but he did not move, and not until my hand was within a 
foot of him did he show any signs of leaving. There were now four eggs 
in the nest, and I left them till later so as to see the female on the nest. 
But on returning two hours afterward, I again found the male sitting. I 
took only the nest and eggs and on emptying them I found that incuba- 
tion had begun in two of them, and concluded the male must have begun 
sitting as soon as the first egg was laid. 
On June 8, in another piece of woods one mile from the other nest, I 
found another nest containing two young birds about three days old, and 
one egg which looked so clean that I took it and on emptying it found 
that incubation had just commenced. This time the female was on the 
nest, and was more reluctant to leave than the male had been in the other 
case, and not till my hand had nearly closed over her did she conclude to 
do so. The nest was at about the same elevation as the first. 
On June 23, but a few rods from the last nest, I found another, with the 
male on, containing one young bird not over one or two days old, and 
three eggs. I took one, in which incubation was found to have begun 
about three days before. Cn the morning of July 4, I found that the first 
young bird had left the nest, and on passing in the afternoon found it on 
a small bush and secured it. JI had but little trouble in raising it, as it 
