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tures throughout the country during the month of January. The 

 observations are the average for a number of years and were 

 taken at 8 a. m. by the various local weather stations. 



This chart should prove of interest to students of bird life, in 

 that it shows what our various winter birds have to contend with 

 and how the isothermal lines fail to follow the lines of latitude. 

 Other conditions, of course, such as topography, wind and food 

 supply, enter into the distribution of winter birds, but tempera- 

 ture is the item which is most tangible and of the greatest in- 

 terest. 



Nashville, Tenn. A. F. Ganiee. 



The King Eider (Somateria si^ectaMlis) in Summit county, Ohio. 

 I have received from Mr. William Barber Haynes, Akron, the head 

 and neck of an immense King Eider, with the statement from him 

 that fom- individuals were shot November 14, one of which was 

 preserved by Mr. Arch Kunzel, of Akron. The one, the head of 

 which was sent to me, was killed several days later than the day 

 on which the four were Shot. It is positively stated that these 

 five birds were alike, and that two others, which Mr. Haynes did 

 not see, were like these and were killed on November 15. These 

 constitute the third record for the state, and the second one for 

 th interior of the state. Lynds Jones. 



STARLINGS IN OHIO. 



Mr. S. V. Warram, of Austinburg, Ohio, reports a Starling in the 

 Grand River bottoms on November 12. It begins to appear that 

 this second interloper has begun its march across the country, fol- 

 lowing the example of the Sparrow. While its numbers are so few 

 a concerted effort looking toward its destruction will at least re- 

 tard its progress. Lynds Jones. 



LATE TREE SWALLOWS. 

 Reports from many northern Ohio localities, with the writer's 

 personal observations, indicate that there has been a very late 

 and unaccountable northern stay of the Tree Swallow — so late that 

 many hundreds of these birds seem to have perished from cold 

 and hunger. 



