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ready means of recording them. We are far behind the British people 
im 
o fulfill in serving as a medium for the publication of notes of local 
interest as well as in He articles of broader scope. 
THE RED-SHAFTED FLICKER IN EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. 
The red-shafted flicker is a resident of the plateau region of western 
North America, its range extending east to the Black Hills. It was ob- 
served October 3, 1909, by Prof. M. F. Hoopes, of the Springfield State 
Normal School, and the writer about one mile west of Springfield, South 
Dakota. 
of the birds were seen flying from a fence to a wooded ravine 
a Aur vio. away. hey were in company with a number of golden- 
were flying near th nd, a go lisht, and at a short distance 
Irom the observer Another flicker of this race was seen on the even ng 
of October 5, flyin ver the campus of the Normal Scho Means of 
ol. 
securing the specimens were not at hand on either occasion but there 
can be no question as to their identity. 
CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW AT MITCHELL, INDIANA. 
Butler’s Birds of Indiana says of the occurrence of this bird in the 
as Knox County. reeds. Int re t uncom I:kno 
of no published record for any prd oca d the s 
the summer of 190 ore pairs e ‘bas birds were 
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of the vicinity also noticed it and commented upon its resemblance to 
the Whip-poor-will. They stated that they had never heard it previous 
to that year 
IS THE MOCKING BIRD EXTENDING ITS RANGE? 
Several facts seem to indicate that the mocking bird (Mimus poly- 
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n 
Indiana. McAtee* states that it was rare at Bloomington from TSR 3856 
and common from 1901-1903. The earliest date on which it was seen duri 
the latter period was March 24, 1901. 
The writer also observed the species at Bloomington from 1901-1903 
d again in 1908 and believes that it was more abundant during the 
th 
its song about the last 3 January, 1906, the exact record being lost. 
*Birds of eur vicinity of the University of Indiana, Proc. Ind. Acad. 
Science, 1904, 151. 
