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seen by my brother the past spring at North Greenfield. As observed at 

 some distance, the bird seemed pure white in color. It was with a flock 

 of Crows of normal color and behaved like any ordinary Crow. It did 

 not seem to receive any unusual attention from its companions. 



Red-headed Woodpecker and Kingbirds. — A pair of Kingbirds built 

 a nest in a white oak tree, near the house, in June. About the time of its 

 completion, an ill-tempered Red-headed Woodpecker came along and pro- 

 ceeded to tear up the nest in spite of vigorous attempts at remonstrance 

 by its owners. Several times the birds came to close quarters and in- 

 dulged in a rough and tumble fight. 



R. M. Strong. North Creeirfidd, Wis. 



Notes from Oberlin, Ohio. — Of the 180 odd species of birds which 

 an active ornithologist might feel reasonably confident of finding in 

 Lorain County during a spring, summer and early autumn, only 149 have 

 been seen by the writer thus far during 1897. Of the thirty odd unre- 

 corded species at least two must have failed to appear in the county. 

 These are the Dickcissel {Sftiza americcwia) and Henslow's Sparrow 

 {Ammodramus he}n;lozvn). They were diligently searched for in all 

 places without success. Many of the others escaped notice because of 

 lack of opportunity to search for them where and when they could' be 

 found. Of the 149 actually recorded, at least twenty-six appeared in a 

 more or less unusual role. Since there was a marked increase in the 

 numbers of twenty-two species, and just as marked a decrease in the 

 numbers of but two, it is fair to conclude that the season has been fav- 

 orable for the birds. The records of many of these twenty-two species is 

 so interesting that they deserve special mention : 



Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias. — It has been not only more 

 common than usual, especially on the lake shore, where a small flock was 

 seen for weeks during the early autumn, but one settled in a pasture 

 within the village corporation. His vain efforts to balance himself upon 

 the top wire of a fence were tantalizingly ludicrous. 



Bob-white, Colinus virginianus. — It is gratifying to notice that this 

 species is decidedly on the increase. A covey of some fifteen was startled 

 from an evergreen in my neighbor's front yard, on a Sunday morning. 



Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura. — Seen almost every day during 

 the spring and summer. 



Long-eared Owl, Asio zvilsoniamis. — This is the first. year that it has 

 ever approached being common. 



