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boy who told him that it had been taken alive the preceding Sunday, Dec. 
13, near Schofield’s old mill, on Fall Creek, about seven miles north of 
that city. The specimen is now in the collection in the State Geologist’s 
office at the capitol. The specimen reported by Mr. Hamilton was taken 
by Mr. J. W. Roe of Zanesville, Ind., in the northern part of Wells County, 
Dec. 18, 1896. It was first observed slowly moving about in an open field 
and was shot at long range. 
On Dec. 28, Mr. J. E. Beasley wrote me that he had in his possession 
four of these birds from four different Indiana localities. One was the 
specimen sent by Mr. Noe. Another was brought to him alive by Mr. 
David Johnson, from Hazelrigg, Boone County, Dec.18. Mr. A. W. Beck, 
of Hazelrigg, informs me that it was captured alive about Dec. 15. Mr. 
Johnson was driving along the road near that town and saw the bird in a 
field near by. He caught it and kept it two or three days. It was a persis- 
tent diver when put into the water; would offer to fight when approached, 
and did not make much effort to get away. The third bird was sent to 
him by Mr. J. F. Warner of Fowler, Benton County. Mr. Warner has 
written me the bird was captured on the road about three miles west of 
Fowler by a teamster, whose name is unknown to him, about Dec. 20. 
He adds that he never saw but one other bird of this kind. It was 
caught near Reynolds, White County, Ind., by Mr. Linck, a night 
watchman on the Panhandle R. R., in March, 1869. He adds, “it lived 
three or four days and died in my possession, but was not preserved.” 
The fourth was received by the taxidermist, about Dec. 20, from Mr. 
A.C. Littleton, Pickard, Ind. It was caught alive by Mr. Abel Christy, 
about three fourths of a mile north of that place, Dec. 10, and was kept 
alive until it was sent to be mounted, but died on the road. 
Prof. E. L. Moseley, Sandusky, O., informs me that the four specimens 
he reported were taken within 20 miles of Sandusky, Dec. 19, 1896. 
A fine adult male was taken by a twelve year old boy on the Iroquois 
River, Iroquois Township, Newton County, Ind., one and a half miles 
from Foresman, near what is known as the old Indian ford, Dec. 31, 1896. 
It was shipped to a firm on South Water Street, Chicago, where Mr. F. 
M. Woodruff obtained it, and it is now in his collection. He obtained the 
information given above from the postmaster at Foresman, Ind., and 
kindly sent it to me. 
The ‘Bulletin’ of the Michigan Ornithological Club, January, 1897, p. 10 
refers to a Murre identified as Urza trotle, which Mr. N. A. Wood informs 
me is shown by reéxamination to be Urza lomvza. The specimen is an 
adult male and was shot from a flock of several near Gibralter, Mich., 
Dec. 26, 1896, by some duck hunters. The specimen is, I understand, in 
the museum of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. In the same 
publication, on page 8, is a reference to two “ Black Guillemots” taken at 
the St. Clair Flats near Detroit, Mich. From a letter received from Mr. 
W. A. Davidson, Detroit, Mich., I gather that one of the two birds 
noted is in the possession of Mr. C. Havens of that city. The other 
