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indebtedness to about 50 correspond- 

 ents, in addition to his own notes. 



The work is much more than a mere 

 state list with key and notes. It con- 

 tains analytical key to families and 

 key to species occurs as an introduc- 

 tion to each family. 



Following the text of work proper 

 is a hypothetical list, chapter on 

 Faunal Areas, Biography and an ex- 

 haustive index. 



Illustrated by a faunal map of 



Maine, two plumage charts, and 28 



half-tones, some unusually good. It 



is by far the most pretentious of state 



lists published, and reflects much 



credit on its author, though it may not 



prove as successful financially as its 



merits deserve. 



E. H. SHORT. 



Carolina Chickadee in Pennsylvania. 



I wish to back up Mr. Miller in his 

 contention (see Oologist, July, '08), 

 that the Carolina Chickadee does 

 breed in Pennsylvania. 



I have a female of a pair caught in 

 a hole in a birch stub under Camp- 

 bell's Ledge, Luzerne Co., Pa. 



It was taken iby Harry C. Schooley 

 when with me hunting Duck Hawks 

 eight years ago. They were nest build- 

 ing late in May. 



Mr. Schooley is stil alive. Dr. B. H. 

 Warren in "Birds of Pennsylvania," 

 pp. 320, gives records of takes of this 

 bird as follows by Dr. Hartman: 



In 1866, Willow Swamp, Street 

 Road and later in sanie swamp which 

 female was identified at Smithsonian 

 for John Krider. 



I was talking this matter over with 

 Dr. Hartman on Sept. 4th last. ' - 

 E. W. CAMPBELL, 



Luzerne Co., Pa. 



The Editor Has Lately Noted. 



morning in mid-September — a very 

 rare bird in Western New York. 



Second. — ^In a neglected school-yard 

 on Sept. 14th, I found an Olive-backed 

 Thrush that was a victim of some un- 

 explained accident. The right wing- 

 had ibeen thrown clear forward so 

 that the bird's head 'protruded be- 

 tween the three outer primaries and 

 the balance of the wing. The bird 

 was unable to fly and could not extri- 

 cate itself from the embarassing 'pre- 

 dicament. 



Glad I happened to pass along be- 

 fore Mr. Tom Cat. On drawing the 

 wing further forward, the bird prompt- 

 ly drew its head out and flew away 

 and a tragedy was averted. 



Third. — New York State gives its. 

 new Pheasant Law its first trial next 

 month. This law allows a licensed 

 hunter to kill male pheasants every 

 Tuesday and Thursday in October. 



First, a Black-crowned Nightheron 

 fiew over our head one smoky, foggy 



Mr. E. H. Short, Chili, N. Y. 



Dear Sir: — We had what I consider 

 a curiosity here last month. A Yel- 

 low-billed cuckoo nested along the 

 Susquehanna River here the middle 

 of September. The two young birds 

 were incubated on September 13th or 

 14th. I enclose a very poor print 

 which I snapped on September 18th — 

 you can just make out the young birds 

 reaching up with mouths wide open. 

 The nest was built in a low tree 

 which was covered with a grape vine 

 and was situated about six feet from 

 the ground. Nest was of the usual 

 loose construction of twigs. We are 

 situated on the northern boundary of 

 Pennsylvania. Is it not very unusual 

 to find this species or any other spe- 

 cies nesting so late? 



H. E. BISHOP, Sayre, Pa. 



The print sent was too poor to ad- 

 mit of use for half-tone. Such late 

 nesting is unusual, but is occasionally 

 reported of such species as Mourn- 

 ing Dove, both Am. Cuckoos, Song 

 Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, English 

 Sparrow and' the introduced Pheas- 

 ants. 



E. H. SHORT. 



