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know that these birds have been quite 

 plentiful here since early spring. I 

 believe them to be as common as they 

 were during the spring and summer 

 months of 191 1. The Bluebird is one of 

 the first birds to appear in spring, usually 

 arriving about April i. The weather was 

 rather bad about that time this year, and 

 none of them were seen until April 6. 

 Since that date I have seen them regularly 

 and have found several nests. A rural 

 mail-carrier who makes a thirty-mile 

 drive daily informed me that he also had 

 seen them many times. — Harry B. 

 Logan, Jr., Royalloii, Miim. 



White Pelicans in Ohio 



tops or dotted the lawns. It was noticed 

 by all who are interested in birds that 

 there were an unusually large number of 

 them this year. This summer, however, 

 the number has been normal. 



It was interesting to find in the last 

 number of Bird-Lore that the Bluebirds 

 were very scarce in several places, for the 

 scarcity of the Bluebirds has been regret- 

 fully noticed here. The first one noticed 

 was very late, being seen on March 19. 

 Only one or two were found after that at 

 rare intervals, there seeming to be no 

 regular migratory flocks. I have noticed 

 only two pairs nesting in this vicinity this 

 year. — W. J. Cartwright, Williamsioivii, 

 Mass. 



On the morning of August 21, 191 2, 

 my attention was called to two strange 

 birds which had stopped on our lake, and 

 upon investigating I found them to be a 

 pair of White Pelicans. This is rather 

 unusual as there is no case on record of 

 Pelicans being seen in this vicinity, and 

 their appearance anywhere in the state 

 is of rare occurrence. 



They were first seen on the evening of 

 August 20, and evidently remained on 

 the lake during the night. The next 

 morning they took flight and after cir- 

 cling about for some time came back to 

 the water again. This was repeated several 

 times, after which they left and have not 

 been seen since. — W. H. Wisman, New 

 Paris, Ohio. 



Goldfinches and Bluebirds in 

 Massachusetts 



The American Goldfinches were very 

 numerous in Williamstown, Mass., during 

 the height of the spring migration. The 

 first arrivals were seen by the writer on 

 March 21, about a half-dozen being 

 noticed at that time. These were still 

 in their winter plumage. A few were seen 

 occasionally up to May 6, then large 

 numbers of them were seen for two weeks, 

 these being in full summer plumage. The 

 air was literally filled with their merry 

 little notes while thev swung in the tree- 



Northern Pileated Woodpecker at 

 Corvallis, Oregon 



On May 19, 191 2, I observed a pair of 

 Northern Pileated Woodpeckers in the 

 second growth timber on Hind's Hill at an 

 elevation of about 1,000 feet. The birds 

 appeared shy and flew deeper into the 

 timber as soon as they saw me. This is 

 the first record I have of this bird. It is 

 reported as formerly common here but 

 is now rarely seen. — A. J. Stover, 

 Corvallis, Ore. 



Prairie Horned Lark in Maine 



In June, 191 1, I saw a pair of Prairie 

 Horned Larks fly out of the road just 

 ahead of me. I have never observed them 

 before at Auburn, Maine. I did not see 

 them again until August, when I saw five 

 near the same place on a piece of newly 

 plowed ground, one of them being pure 

 white. Here I observed them every day 

 for several days in succession. 



The Horned Lark is common here in 

 the months of February and March.' 

 Prof. J. Y. Stanton, of Bates College, tells 

 me that the only difference between the 

 Prairie Horned Lark and Horned Lark 

 is that the Prairie Horned Lark is slightly 

 smaller with a tinge of yellow instead of 

 white on the throat. — W. H. Waterman, 

 Auburn, Maine. 



