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bly safely assume that these southward movements are caused by 
failure of food in the more northern parts of the bird’s winter 
range, but what seems to be corroborative evidence is usually lack- 
ing. Such evidence is given by Miss Althea R. Sherman, who 
writes that in that part of north-eastern Iowa, near McGregor, the 
severe weather of last April killed the mountain ash fruit buds so 
that the grosbeaks find none there this winter. It should he pos- 
sible to study the conditions which force these northern birds 
south periodically. Codperative study should be carried into this 
field. LyNps JONES. 
RECORDS FROM THE TRIFRESERVOIR REGION IN OHIO IN 1910. 
Besides the interesting records of Otocorys alpestris alpestris 
and Ampelis garrula given in the March, 1910, number of the Bul- 
letin, the following seem worthy of special mention: 
1. February 21st, Bonaparte Gull flying over the canal. 
2. March 3 and November 21, each date, one Short-eared Owl. 
3. March 5, first Red-winged Blackbirds. Earliest date in re- 
gion. 
4. February 16, Snow Geese seen. Hxact status of species not 
to be recognized. 
5. March 12, two male Redheads shot at Loramie Reservoir. 
First record for this reservoir, while it is common at the Lewis- 
ton. The same date brought the Baldpate female shot, also an 
early date; March 13 bringing in the first Lesser Scaup, March 
14 the first Pied-billed Grebe, both earlier than in 1909. 
6. A fine male Shoyeller shot on April 9, Loramie Reservoir. 
7. <A fine female Osprey shot on April 25, Loramie Reservoir. 
8. <A fine female Loon shot on April 21, Loramie Reservoir. 
The Green-winged Teal appeared Mareh 18, a week earlier than in 
1909, the Woodcock March 16, the Blue-winged Teal March 29, the 
Pectoral Sandpiper March 22, (earliest state record), all very 
early dates. 
9. The Prothonotary Warbler was seen, but not taken May 10 
at the Grand Reservoir; the same date the Sanderling showed up, 
my first and only spring record for this species. 
10. The Common Tern was seen May 8, the Black Tern on 
May 10. 
11. May 25 a nest of the King Rail, with eleven eggs, was 
found in the tall grass of a small pool of water not deeper than 
twelve inches, perhaps sixty feet square, not more than seventy- 
five feet away from the public highway. 
12. On September 1, a rainy, squally day, thousands of Sand- 
pipers on the Grand Reservoir. On a three and a half mile strip 
I counted over 900 Semipalmated Sandpipers, something like 300 
