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EDITORALS. 



We are indebted to J. L. Davison, Esq., 

 associate member Am. Orn- Union Lockport, 

 N. V., for a very complete list of Birds 

 (192 Species) which have come under his 

 observation in Niagara, Co., N. Y., in the 

 last 10 years. Among a collection of be- 

 tween 300 and 400 mounted specimes 154 

 species were secured in Niagara, Co. It 

 can easily be seen that the natural conditions 

 would fa\ r or an extensive resident, — Bird 

 fauna. 



We understand there is to be a Natura 

 History Library Association formed at Des 

 Monies, Iowa, with F. Leon Englebert as 

 Secretary. 



It is stated that — The organs of smell of 

 turkey buzzard, vulture and carrion crow are 

 so delicate that they can scent their food for 

 a distance of 40 miles. 



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Aii Arctic Bird in Connecticut. 



During the severe northeast snow storm 

 recently a splendid specimen of the great 

 northern shrike made its appearance in 

 Jewett City. These birds are natives of 

 much higher latitudes than this, and its 

 appearance here is probably due (like the 

 great Arctic owls which have been seen in 

 this state) to the extreme cold in the north, 

 also to the ease with which any bird can 

 travel with a storrn. Some years ago one 

 was seen in Jewett Ctty and secured by a 

 local hunter. It was purchased by the 

 Agassiz chapter, and can now be seen 

 mounted at their rooms in the Slater library. 

 These birds are to a certain degree birds of 

 prey, as their food consists of sparrc wtand 

 field mice, which they capture and transfix 

 upon some nearby thorn bush. They are 

 about the size of the robin, though the tail 

 is much longer and the beak is hooked. 

 The plumage is gray and white, with a black 

 stripe extending from the eye down the side 

 of the head and neck. — Norwich Bulletin. 



Lockport Union, January 29 \8(j\. 



Mr. J. L. Davison, Lockport, N. Y., writes 

 us that Latiius Borealis is not an un- 

 common bird here during the winter mon ths, 

 a friend of mine secured one on Dec. 2 3d, 

 on Jan. isl I also secured a specimen and on 

 the 29th, I saw another in the same tree 

 which I could have secured had I wished to 

 do so, but having three specimens in my col- 

 lection did not care to take it. I have taken 

 them as late as March 18th. 



