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The nests are composed almost entirely of the dark-colored down from 

 the breast of the female bird, and in her absence the eggs are usually cov- 

 ered with this down, which is done by the birds pulling the sides of the 

 nest together over them. The eggs, which I mention finding on June 20, 

 are of a greenish drab color, and measure 2.99 x 2.07, 3.04 x 2.06, 3 05 x 



2.01, 3. 11 x 2.04, and 3.09 x 2.08. 



O. W. Knight, Bangor, Maine. 



Brunnich's Murre, Uria lonivia, on Lake Erie. — Writing under 

 date of February 5th and March 1st, Prof. E. L. Moseley, of Sandusky, 

 Ohio, announces the capture of three specimens of this species on San- 

 dusky Bay, December 19, 1896. The specimens have been carefully ex- 

 amined by him, and prove to be in immature plumage. 



The entry of two specimens of Uria troile under date of December 18, 

 1896, on a migration schedule forwarded by Rev. J. M. Keck, of Mentor, 

 Ohio, led to an inquiry which happily resulted in the purchase of the one 

 specimen taken. Through the courtesy of Mr. H. F. Lapham, of Paines- 

 ville, Ohio, who prepared the skin, it is now the property of the Oberlin 

 College Museum. Careful examination of the specimen proves it to be 

 an immature Brunnich's Murre, Uria lomvia. It was captured on Lake 

 Erie near Painesville, Ohio. These two records, and the capture of 

 Uria troile at Gibralter, Mich., as recorded in the Bulletin of the Michi- 

 gan Orinthological Club, Vol. I., No. 1, page 10, indicate a decided in- 

 land movement of these closely related species. 



LYiNiDS Jones, Oberlin, Ohio. 



The Lark Sparrow's Song. — A few Lark Sparrows are seen here 



every year during the spring migrations, and they seem to be getting 



more common yearly. I have seen none during the breeding season, but 



cannot say positively that they do not breed here. In 1895 I took some 



notes on the songs of a single individual. A noticeable feature was the 



frequency of harsh notes resembling "kah." Some of the songs resemble 



much the songs of the domestic canary, another is somewhat like the 



song of the Orchard Oriole. One song may be characterized by : "Che 



the the 'wee uvevuezue chee kah; - " the zcee with a rising inflection. 



Another is : "Cher zchee, cher yer yer tvhee cher yer yer." Another, 



very similar: "■Cher eher tehee, cher yer yer chee zvhe ivhe zt'he." 



All songs are uttered rapidly and easily, and these given are among the 



most simple ; the others were many of them too complex to be recorded 



wtth accuracy. 



J. C. Galloway, Montogomery, Ohio. 



