86 The Wilson Bulletin — No. 95 



GENERAL NOTES 



NOTES ON SOME OHIO BIRDS. 



(Read before the Wilson Ornith. Club meeting, Dec. 29, 1915.) 



From my notebooks I want to give the following records, which 

 may prove interesting to Ornithologists, not only to those residing 

 in Ohio, but also to others living in the Middle West. 



Hesperiphona vespertina (Evening Grosbeak). This bird was 

 observed on March 7th and March the 10th, 1912. It was seen at 

 the same place where a few years previous I noticed the Bohemian 

 Waxwing. Records for this species are scarce as far as Ohio is 

 concerned, as it seems to come to the state about once in twenty 

 years, and although in 1912 it was seen at various places in the 

 state, New Bremen adds a new station for Ohio. 



Nutallornis horealis (Olive-sided Flycatcher). A similar obser- 

 vation as that recorded in the Oologist for December, 1914, was ex- 

 perienced by the writer on October 11th, 1911, about five miles west 

 of New Bremen. In the dry tops of two large trees about 17 me- 

 ters apart from another, there were two specimens of this species. 

 While the one sat perfectly motionless preening its feathers occa- 

 sionally, the other one began to fly upward in very short spirals 

 and then to descend in a number of jerky drops with quickly ex- 

 panded and closed wings. After doing this a number of times it 

 finally flew so high that it disappeared from sight altogether and 

 it did not return at all. 



Archibuteo I. sancti-johannis (Rough-legged Hawk). This Hawk 

 was observed on February 18th, 1914. It seems to come to Ohio 

 only in years with a very heavy snowfall. 



Helmitlieros vermivorus (Worm-eating Warbler). On May 16th, 

 1914, I saw a specimen of this species about a block away from my 

 house. It was under observation for half an hour and sang briskly 

 during all this time. This is the first record for Western Ohio. 



Circus hudsoniiis (Marsh Hawk). For the first time I am able 

 to record the breeding of this hawk in this region. A nest with 

 five young and one egg was run over by a mowing machine in a 

 clover field on June 16th, 1914, near the St. Mary's Reservoir. The 

 young were cut to pieces and the egg crushed, but there was 

 enough there to identify it after my return from Wyoming, June 23. 



Pandion lialiaetus caroUnensis (Osprey). On June 6th, 1913, I 

 saw a fine specimen of this species catching a fish at the Grand 

 or St. Mary's Reservoir and flying to a large tree on the east side 

 of the reservoir I saw the nest there too, but it was too dangerous 

 for me to climb up to it and as I saw the nest contained young it 

 was useless anyhow. This is the first time to my knowledge that 



