20 Bulletin No. ij. 



SHORT NOTES. 



Purple Gallinule, Ionornis martinica, on Sandusky Bay, April 28, 

 1896. Prof. E. L. Moseley, Sandusky, Ohio. 



A Red Crossbill appeared at Glen Ellyn, Illinois, February 19. This 

 is my first Glen Ellyn record. Benjamin T. Gault. 



Mourning Dove, Rusty Grackle and Pine Siskin on the shore of Lake 

 Erie, 12 miles north of Oberlin, February 13, and Bluebird, February 

 17, are the earliest Oberlin records. Lynds Jones. 



Robins and Purple Grackles fairly common here February 19, exactly 

 20 days before the first were seen by me last yeir. Russell Gray, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa. 



Migrations opened at Wady Petra, Illinois, February 28, with the ar- 

 rival of a Bobin. March 8, Meadowlarks, Red-tailed Hawks, Mourning 

 Dove, Killdeer, ware recorded. Virginius H. Chase. 



EDITORIAL. 



Where Does Jungo Roost ? — A number of replies have been received 

 answering this question, but before the answers are published there 

 should be many more of them. Does Sunco pass the winter in your 

 vicinity ? If so, where does he roost during the night and in stormy 

 weather ? Answers to these two questions should be sent to the editor 

 at once from every member. In this way the exact range of Junco 

 for the past winter can be determined. 



Pine Siskin, Sphius pinus. — Early in the winter it was known that 

 the Siskins were making a phenomenal movement southward. They 

 were recorded in central Missouri and other localities where their pres- 

 ence was looked upon as unusual at least. Mr. Arthur T. Wayne, of Mount 

 Pleasant, South Carolina, writes as follows : 'The Siskins were here in 

 e?w7-mous flocks in December, 1896. They fed upon the seeds of the 

 Sweet Gum, also in Short-leaf Pines. My first specimen was shot from 

 the top of a pine 125 feet up. This is the first record of the capture of 

 this bird here since Audubon found them near Charleston in 1833. The 

 first Siskin was taken December 12, but the birds arrived in November.' 



Nearly all reports indicate that the Siskins flock with Goldfinch. 

 The question naturally arises, is it not possible that Siskins are present 

 more often than we suspect, being mistaken for the Goldfinch? More 



