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present time, it is literally true that 

 this fact approaches a miracle. 



The Editor having kept European 

 and American White-fronted Geese in 

 confinement on his home place for 

 years, as well as all of the three dif- 

 ferent varieties of the Canada Goos^ 

 group, will be more than pleased to 

 add to his collection, living specimens 

 of a White-fronted Goose that "may 

 be compared with the Canada Goose 

 — in bulk." 



However, we are still from Missouri 

 on this subject, never having seen 

 any White-fronted goose of that size, 

 and many of our living specimens 

 came from California. 



However, the half tone plates ac- 

 companying this paper certainly bear 

 out the claim made in this contribu- 

 tion of the existence of two forms of 

 White-fronted geese. We would ap- 

 preciate it very much if some of our 

 California correspondence could se- 

 cure for us three or four living speci 

 mens of this supposedly newly dis- 

 covered race. 



A REVIEW OF THE SUB SPECIES 

 OF THE LEACH PETREL by Harry 

 C. Oberhouser (Separate pp. 165-72, 

 Vol. 54, Proceedings of the National 

 Museum). 



This is a technical paper covering 

 the subject of its title which is treated 

 with the usual thoroughness of Mr. 

 Oberhouser . While it is well known 

 that the Editor of this publication is 

 not in sympathy with the apparent 

 trend of modern ornithologists toward 

 the diversion, re-division and re-sub- 

 division of the species until they must 

 be described "as similar to, but 

 slightly different from" something 

 else, yet with all Mr. Oberhouser's 

 work goes an element of scientific ac- 

 curacy, which is not likely to be dis- 

 regarded. 



He now divides this species into 



three sub-species, as follows: 



Oceanodroma leucorhoa leucorhoa, 

 from the French Coast. 



Oceanodroma leucorhoa Beali, from 

 the Caost Region of Northwest North 

 America. 



Oceanodroma leucorhoa kaedingi, 

 from the Pacific Coast region of Lower 

 California. 



Which is far less in number than 

 the ordinary layman would naturally 

 expect. 



Golden Eagle in Rutherford, County, 

 N. C. 



On September 13, a Golden Eagle 

 was shot by a negro near the town of 

 Cliffside, N. C. He says that he saw 

 the bird the day before but was unable 

 to get a shot at it. When shot it was 

 sitting on a fence at the slaughter 

 house a short distance from the town. 

 It is a splendid specimen and was pur- 

 chased at once by G. C. Haynes of 

 this place for mounting purposes. I 

 saw and identified the bird as the 

 Golden Eagle. This is the first in- 

 stance I have on record of the appear- 

 ance of this bird in this locality. It 

 measured seven feet spread, and was 

 evidently not a very old bird. 



Chas. F. Moore. 



Cliffside, N. C. 



Strange Nesting Site of the Wood 

 Pewee 



On a recent ramble, an acquaintance 

 and myself discovered a nest of the 

 Wood Pewee, but unlike other nests, 

 this one was suspended from the 

 boughs of a walnut about five feet 

 from the ground. 



The nest consisted of the usual ma- 

 terial of plant fibers and grasses with 

 quite an amount of lichen, but instead 

 of being saddled astride a lamb, they 

 choose to place the nest in a rude 

 structure of coarse grasses, much re- 

 sembling a Vireo's nest. I am positive 



