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the Man-o'-War Bird not far from our area. I quote from Mr, 

 A. W. Butler's "Birds of Indiana" where he says : "In the fall 

 of 1896 I saw, in the office of Mr. J. E. Beasley, the well known 

 taxidermist, at Lebanon, Indiana, a nicely mounted specimen of 

 a young male of this species. I learned it was killed near Shel- 

 byville, Indiana, July 14, 1896, by Mr. W. S. Patterson, and came 

 into Mr. Beasley's hands for preservation the next day." A rec- 

 ord of the finding of this species north of us is that of a specimen 

 in the Milwaukee Public Museum, which was killed in the vicinity 

 of Humbolt, Wisconsin, a few miles north of Milwaukee, in Au- 

 gust, 1880. I believe that especial interest should be taken in our 

 extralimital species, as I find that the efforts of nearly all of our 

 careful observers along this line have been successful, and have 

 added during late years such birds as the Kittiwake Gull (Rissa 

 tridactyla). Glaucous Gull {Larus glaucus), and the Caspian 

 Tern (Sterna caspia), to our list of accidental visitants. 



Mr. E. W. Nelson in his "Birds of Northeastern Illinois," 

 names the following birds, which are extralimital to the region 

 covered by this report, but have been observed or captured not 

 far from our limits. A single specimen of Townsend's Soli- 

 taire (Myadestes townsendii) was obtained December 16, 1875, 

 by Mr. Charles Douglas, at Waukegan. This bird was found in 

 a sheltered ravine near the lake shore. Dr. Hoy observed a 

 small flock of the Hudsonian Chickadee (Parus hudsonicus') near 

 Racine, Wisconsin, in January, 1852. The Worm-eating War- 

 bler {Helmitherus vermivorns) Mr. Nelson speaks of as a very 

 rare visitant and says a single specimen was observed May 21, 

 1876, at Waukegan. The Sycamore Warbler (Dendroica domin- 

 ica albilora) Mr. Nelson gives as a very rare summer visitant 

 from the south. The species was then known to be a common 

 summer resident in the vicinity of Indianapolis, Indiana. The 

 Intermediate Sparrow, a variety of the White-crowned Sparrow, 

 (Zonotrichia leucophrys intermedia) was found by Dr. Hoy 

 near Racine. This far western bird was taken by him in April, 

 1871. The Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia coronata), is 

 another western bird taken by Dr. Hoy in his garden at Racine 

 in April, 1858. The Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) was 

 taken by Dr. Hoy near Racine in the winter of 1859, and Mr. 

 Nelson thinks this species may have been a regular winter visi- 

 tant in the northern portion of Illinois before the pine forests 

 along the lake shore were destroyed. The Wood Ibis (Tantalus 



