Oct. 1884.] 



AND OOLOGIST. 



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292 Woodhouse's Jay, (Aphelocoma woodhousei,) 7, 12, IT, 



19, 20. 

 300!; Mexican Shore Lark, (Eremophila alpestris Icucolcema,) 



15, 29. 

 307 Cassin's Kingbird, (Tyrannas vociferans,) 3, 7, 9, 12, 



15, 19, 29. 

 313 Ash-throated Flycatcher, (Myiarehnscitierascens,) 7, 12, 



17, 30. 



310 Say's Pewee, (Sayornis say!,) 1, 7, 9, 12, 15, 17, 19, 29. 

 318 Olive-sided Flycatcher, (Contopus borealis,) 20, 27, 29. 

 321 Western Wood Pewee, (Contopus richordsoni,) 30. 

 323 Wright's Flycatcher, (Empidonax obscurus,) 9, 15, 17, 



19, 20, 30. 

 355 Poor-will, (Phaloeiioptilus nuttalli,) 3, 9, 27, 29, 30. 

 357ft Western Nighthawk, (Chordeiles popetite henryi,) 30. 

 3006 Harris's Woodpecker, (Pictis villosus harrisi,) 19. 

 375 Eed-headed Woodpecker, (Melanerpcs erythrocepha- 



lus,) 15. 

 37S& Red-shafted Flicker, (Colaptes auratus mexicanus,) 27. 

 420 Sparrow-hawk, (Tinmmmlus sparverim,) 19. 

 431 Cooper's Hawk, (Accipiter cooperi.) 1. 

 436 Red-tailed Hawk, (Buteo borealis,) 27. 

 400 Mourning Dove, (Zenaidura Carolinensis,) 1, 7, 9, 12, 



15, 17, 19, 20, 27, 29, 30. 

 483 Gambel's Quail, (Lophortyx gambeli,) 20. 

 JITNE. 

 11 Mockingbird, (Mimus polyglottus,) 2, 9, 10, 11, 13, 10, 



18, 19, 20, 24, 25. 



15 Curve-billed Thrasher, (H. curvirostris,) 2, 3. 13. 

 17 Rufous-vented Thrasher, (Ilarporhynchus crissalis,) 3. 

 58 Rock Wren, (Salpinctes obsoletus,) 17, 19, 20, 24. 

 147 Gray Vireo, (Vireo vicinior,) 9, 11, 17. 

 149a White-rumped Shrike, (Lanius luilooic.ianus excubi- 



ttirides,) 3, 4, 16. 

 103 Hepatic Tanager, (Pyranga hepatica,) 25. 

 170 House Finch, (Carpodacus frontalis,) daily. 

 204a Western Lark Finch, (Chondestes grammica strigata,) 



4, 9, 13, 10, 19, 20. 

 214 Field Sparrow, (Spizella pusilla.) 16. 

 224 Black-throated Sparrow, (Amphispiza bilineata,) 2, 3, 



11, 13, 16, 20. 

 2306 Rock Sparrow, (Peuccea ruficeps dremceca,) 2. 

 23Sa Spurred Towhee, (Pipilo maculatns megalonyx,) 2, 6, 9, 



10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25. 

 240 Canon Towhee, (Pipilo fuscus mesoleucus.) 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 



10, 11, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25. 



245 Black-headed Grosbeak, (Z.tnela-nocephala,) 4, 13. 



246 Blue Grosbeak, (Guiraca ccerulea,) 16. 



258a Dwarf Cowbird, (Molothrus ater obscurus.) 13, 10. 



2S5 Pinon Jay, (Gyrnnocitta cyanocepliala,) 4, 13. 



292 Woodhouse's Jay, (Aphelocoma woodhousei,) 2, 4, 6, 10, 



13, 20, 25. 

 307 Cassin's Kingbird, (T. vociferans,) 4, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20. 

 313 Ash-throated Flycatcher, (Myiarchus cvnerascens,) 3, 9, 



11, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20. 



316 Say's Pewee, (Sayornis sayi,) 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 25. 



321 Western Wood Pewee, (Contopus richardsoni,) 2, 4, 9, 



13, 17, 20, 25. 

 328 Wright's Flycatcher, (Empidonax obscurus,) 4, 6. 

 339 Broad-tailed Hummingbird, (Selasphorus platycercus,) 



4,13. 

 355 Poor-will, (Phalcenoptilus nuttalli,) 19. 

 357a Western Nighthawk, (C/iordeiles popetue henryi,) 10, 11, 



IT, 18, 19, 20, 24. 

 361a Gairdner's Woodpecker, (Picas pubescent gairdneri,) 10. 

 436 Red-tailed Hawk, (Buteo borealis,) 2, 4, 16, 17. 

 400 Mourning Dove, (Zenaidura carolinensis,) 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 



10, 11, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25. 

 433 Gambel's Quail, (Lophortyx gambeli,) 2, 4, 9, 13, 19, 



20, 25. 



— Charles II. Marsh, Silver City, New Mexico. 



Brief Notes. 



Notes prom Manhattan, Kan.— Mr. Blood, proprietoi 

 of the Cottage Hotel, has in confinement three Great-horned 

 Owls which he has kept for several years. One of the fe- 

 males has laid two sets of eggs, — one in February, 1883, and 

 the other in March, 1834. The bird was allowed to sit 

 upon them for several weeks, but they failed to hatch. 



A pair of Barn Owls were captured last Spring in Clay 

 County, about thirty-five miles northwest, of this place. 

 They had taken possession of an unused hen-house and had 

 made their nest in a comer of !it. The number of eggs was 

 not stated by my informant. This species is exceedingly 

 rare in this part of Kansas. 



In reply to Mr. Barnard's question about the Chewink 

 (September O. and O., p. 104), I will say that with us the 

 early nests are almost always upon the ground. I remem- 

 ber finding one in a gooseberry bush about a foot up. But 

 at the second nesting they almost invariably build in bushes 

 from two to seven feet from the ground. 



The nest described by, Mr. E. C. Nicewaner, in O. and O. 

 for July, (p. 90) was probably that of the Acadian Flycatch- 

 er. All the nests of this species that I have seen agree with 

 his description. To-day, Sept. 2d, I saw young Chipping 

 Sparrows just from the nest. Baltimore Orioles and Purple 

 Martins still here, the latter in large numbers.— D. E. 

 Lantz. 



Migration Note. Shore Birds. Auq. 29, 1883. Wind 

 N. E., blowing very hard and rainy in a. m. Golden Plover 

 and Eskimo Curlew flying in large flocks. Saw one flock of 

 Curlew of several thousands. Rain ceased about 9 a. m., 

 clouds raised and sky lighter. The flights were much high- 

 er. Flock after flock went by, at times five could be seen 

 at once. This continued until noon ; in the afternoon the 

 numbers were much less. 



Auq. 30, 1884. Weather cloudy, foggy. Wind S. E. and 

 light. Curlew and Plover commenced flying but not in very 

 large numbers ; an occasional flock was to be seen during 

 the day. The next day the weather was the same and the 

 flights as before.— Chatham, Mass., S. Frank Dexter. 



Nest of the Chewink. In answer to the inquiry of Mr. 

 Barnard :— I have this summer, found two nests of the 

 Chewink in bushes ; one in a crabapple bush, two feet from 

 the ground, constructed of dried leaves and coarse grass 

 with a lining of fine grass, and containing, when discovered, 

 three young birds. The other was made of the same kind 

 of materials— in a brushy rose bush, one foot from the 

 ground, and contained three white and red speckled eggs. 

 I found both nests on the third day of August. Those 

 found early in the season, some five or six in number, were 

 all placed on the ground. I have not noticed that the 

 Chewink abandons its nest more readily than other small 

 birds, but I am careful not to disturb any of them.— Mrs. 

 Margaret Musick, Mount Carrnel, Mo. 



Notes from Middle, N. C— Whilst out collecting on 

 Jnly 15, we had the good fortune to secure a fine female 

 specimen of Great White Egret of the following dimensions : 

 L. 40, W. 16, T. §¥i, B. iy,. Besides the above, the follow- 

 ing birds, rare to our knowledge, have been through our 

 hands lately : Pileated Woodpecker, (Hylotomus ptleatus.) 

 Sooty Tern, (Hydrochelidon lariformis,) Little Blue Heron, 

 (Florida ccerulea,) Red-breasted Snipe, (Macrorhamphus 



gn 



We had brought to us for mounting, on Sept. 2, a skin of 

 the Wood Ibis, (Tantalus loculator). It was killed early in 

 July, about five miles south of here, with a .44-calibre Win- 

 chester, at long range, and, being skinned by unskilled 

 bands and cured roughly, came to hand in bad fix. This is 

 the first specimen of this beautiful bird that has come tin- 



