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FOREST AND STREAM. 



tJW. 16, 1882. 



success, but finally found the Becret of the difficulty. Most'Nl, 6; (6) W. R.. N. N.. 4, 1, sous; is interpreted; "Laziness will 



of his young quail died within the first ten or trwclvedav 

 after being hatched, and after losing a great many, he de- 

 cided to hunt lor the cause. No lesions" were found that 

 would indicate the reason for their dying, hut he found in 

 the crops of the young birds the remains" of afevi 

 and no other food at all. He then began feeding the littli 

 fellows on Hies, and found that they ate' them with avidity. 



The catching. of the number of flies necessary became a 

 very serious matter, and as Sheridan noticed ilia! the quail 

 could catch them themselves when they hud the Opportunity, 



heplaceda beef's head in thecoop. The little quail would 

 stand around the head and pick oil' the flies as fasl as they 

 alighted on it, and were so expert, at the business that they 

 seldom missed one. In nine or ten days after hatching, (lie 

 birds would eat other food, but previous to that age no other 

 food waS used, and the conclusion was naturally arrived at 

 that the cause of death in early life was starvation, and the 

 supposition., was confirmed by the faot that the quail fed 

 with insects at first all did well and grew to be as strong 

 and sturdy as wild birds. 



It is a well-known fact that the youngof several of illegal 

 linneeous birds depend almost entirely apon insect food, 

 and the secret of the successful raising of quail will no 

 doubt be found to rest on this to a great extent. 



.Mauk West. 



Nkw Your, Xovember 13. 



BIRD MIGRATION IN THE MISSISSIPPI 

 VALLEY. 



fuosi ortsKin ations collated tjv w. w. COOKE, 



[Continued froM pagi S84J 



Hespei iphona tcxpertina— Evening Grosbeak.— (10) W. K. 



formerly common; (11) W. R., all winter on island, 5,16 



' (12) W. R. not common. 



L. . 



Grosbeak— (10) "\V. R. com- 

 mon; (11) W. R; (12) W. R., usually. '79AS0, abundant, 

 '81-'82 not one. 



Carpodaeus purpureas— Purple Finch.— (3) 4, (5, seen 4, 7; 

 (11) in mild winters, 4, 3; (12) 4, II). 



lioxia eurnirosfira anicricana — American Crossbill. — (11) 

 Sometimes seen in winter m small number's; (12) W. R., not 

 common. 



Loxia letteopteni— "White-Winged Cro8sbill.-(12) W. R., 

 not common. 



MmoQiui liimria — Common Redpoll.— (2) W. R., col- 

 lected into flocks and moved North February 21-21; (4) W 

 R.; (9) W. R.; (11) W. R. ; (12) 4. 13, prnbabK came 

 sootier. 



Aslragalinux tristis — American Goldfinch.— (3) R. ; (4) W. 

 R. ; (0) 4, 10; (11) in mild winters: (13) 5, 33. 

 J Chrysumilris 1 ,i„„s— Fine Goldfinch.— (81 5. 10; (10) W. 

 R.. common; (11) in mild winters; (13) W. P.., irregular. 



Ptectrophanes nivatia— Snow Bunting. — W. S. in severest 



umlaut; ill) YV". R, abundant, be- 

 >5. keep up a constant warble; 8, 2T' 

 ; 4, 8, last. 



nd Lone spur.— (3) W. S., 

 irest winters; (10) W. R, 

 , not common; seen 3. 18. 

 to — Savannah Sparrow. — 



w— La 



ass Finch.— (3) 4, 10; (4) 3, 24; (11) 



!. 29; 113)5,4. 



'.•.-Yellow- Winged Sparrow.— (3) 



winters; (10) W. R 



gan to sing 8, 14; 3, 

 and 28, rapidly leavin 

 Gentropkanealappon 



rare this winter; (9) V 



regularly; (11) W. R. 



Passereulus sandioic 



(3)3, 31; (Ti 3, 18, abl 

 Pwivetis i/raiiiiu, US- 



4, 20, nest without eg 



C,,turnkulus passe 

 ;:. 10 

 il,i„spiza Uncotni— Lincoln's Finch— (3) 4, 24. abundant 



5, 1. 

 Mefoipiza fasciata— Song Sparrow.— (3) 4, 12; (4) 3, 30; 



(11) 4, 3: (12) 4, 10; N. N.4, 17. eggs <■;, I. 



Mclospiza pu.lustris— Swamp Sparrow. — (13) 4, 13. 



ohondestes gramtvmien — Lark Finch.— (3) -I. 1, full set of 

 eggs 6, 25; (4)4, 30, very abundant: (0)4, 15j (it! 0. Ill; ill) 

 5; 9; (12)5, 15. 



ZoiiotrMiia qucrula — Harris's Sparrow. — .3) W . S.. abun- 

 dant 3, 18, still present in great numbers £». 8, bul lefl 



after; (12) 5, 18. 



Zoimirichiii Uueaphrgs— White-Crowned Sparrow,— (4) 4. 7; 

 N. N. 4, 30, still present and unusually numerous 5, 3; (9) 

 5. 9; (12)5, 14, 1881. 



Zowtriehia (tlbieoMis- White-Throated Sparrow.— i3j 4, 25; 



(C» 4. 18 



the 



(9) W. 8., r 

 usually, 4, 

 11. 4 "23. n. 



ftj&eBa d 

 logo. 7; (4; 



Sjiizella p 

 16; (12) 4. 1 



Junto hyt 



*m to me to sing: "I have cot nleiih lo eat. 

 (9)1. 20; (11) -i; 30; (12) 47. ' 

 »ci-Tree Sparrow.— (3) W. S. ; (4) W. S,, 

 gone 4, 20; (10) W. S. common; (11) W. S. 

 I) never slay over winter 3, -<~), H. N. !. 

 all gone. 



tea— Chipping Sparrow. — (8) 8, 10; (3) nest 

 1; (6)4, 6: (9) 4. 4; (11)5, 3; (12)5, 3. 

 —Field Sparrow.— (3) 3, 2; (4)4, 21; (0) 4, 



—Black Snowbird.— (2) W. R. : (3) W. S„ 



; (4) W. R. ; (5) W. R. ; (6) W. It. common 



(8)W. R.;(9jW. R., nearly gone 4.20; (1(1) W. R. coal 



a flock seen 2, 27; (4) W. R. ; (5) W. R. ; (6) W. It. common 

 ~";(9)W. R., nearly gone 4.20; (4(1) W. It. com 

 inon; (11) W. R. in mild winters; (12) 3, 3. a singli pi c 



men seen, probably it had stayed over winter, I, 4 flocks, 4. r ■- g c<m ssw— Screech Owl — I 



11 N. N., 4, 18 preparing to leave, 4, 82 nearly all gone. ^ 5 22; ( 1()) a fc w remain in \vi 



Pasmrella iliaca — Fox Sparrow.— (3) 3, 17: (4) 3, 1-0; (5) ...',<i,.,,. „„„.„ 



3, 5; (11)4, 3: (12)4, 14. 



Pipih en/t/,rop/it/i.,lm.t»—C\}Q.wmk.—(l) about 2, 5; (3)3, 

 10; (3) seen Dec. 15, 1881, and Jan. 5, 1883, by 1). E. Lautz, 

 nesting 5, 15; (4) 3, 18; (5) 3, 30: (6) 4, 7; (8) 4, 29; (9) 6, 3; 

 (13) 5, 20 



Pipilu macukitus— Arctic Towhee.— (3)4, 19, abundant 5, 1. 



Vardintdu ari/iiiiaruix — Cardinal Grosbeak. — (1) R,, com- 

 mon; (2) R. ; (3) R, hatching 5, 1 ; (4, 5, 0) R. 



r /ameloilia ludork/aiai— Rose-Brea.stcd Grosbeak. —(4) 3, 

 12: (6) 4, 20 to 5. 3; (0) 5, 4; (II) 5, 9; (12) 5, 18. 



Zumclodia we^^ym/,,— Black-Headed Grosbeak. -(3) 5, 

 22. 



ffuiraea eavukei— Bine Grosbeak.— <3) 5, 30. 



PasseHna qftMWo— Ihdig* Bunting.— (3)4, 15; (8j 5, 0; (4) 4, 

 35: (6) 4, 30 lo 5, 3; (9) 5, 10; (13) does not occui. 



Bolkhonyx oryzienrus— Bobolink.— (3) 5, 0; (4) 5, 4; (12) 

 C, 17. 



-Cowbird.— (li about %, 5; (2s) 3. 17; (4} 

 ; (6)4, 4: (») li 4: 'I'.' 5. >: . e-s. 0, 8. 

 fctoroeapAaAw— Yellow 1 leaded Blackbird. 



4. Sfi 





flh 





(6) 8, 





.'.;• 





Qt 





4, 1 

 p.p. 



(1 ! Li 



(Jo 



. o 



kill you;" (7) are here y, 7, still arriving 3. 11: (9) 2, 8, 9 

 (10) 2. 14; (11)4, I; (IS) 4. 3. 



Htiirn.lh, <„;:!, ,i,i- Western Meadow Lark.— (3) R. 

 /■ ■' .'"■• ■■:,<■,■)».■-■— Orchard Oriole.— (2)4, 17; (3) 5, 2; (4) 

 4. 25: (9) 5, 9; (10) 5. 1; (12) 5, 3D, the most northerly record 

 in Ml 1 11 501 5, 30, two more seen. 



.—Baltimore Oriole. -(2) 4, 20; (3) 5, 1; (4) 

 )5, 3; (9)5, (i- ..nit: 5 :; : (lhr, !i ; (l2)5.4. 

 / tu in ■ Rusty Blackbird .-(3) 3. 21; 



hah — Brewer's r.lackbird— (13)4. 8. 

 eijjle Graekle.— (2) 3, 24; (3) 3, 21; 

 ) 8, 22; (9) a few 8, 4; (10) 4, 5; (11) 3, 31 to 

 ing nesl on side of house in elbow of a stove 

 4. 27 altogether too N. K, 5, 10 building. 

 -wniwrtu— Raven— (12) R. in the pine tim- 

 ber a few miles north. 



Conimfrutji-eorus— Crow.— (1) W. R..(2) W. R., (3) R., nest 

 4, 10, young 4, 15; (4) W. R., 4, 13 nesl v, ilh 6eggs;(5)W, R-, 

 (0) W. R, common, (S) YV. R. ? (9)W, R. ; (11) 3, 18, numer- 

 ous 4, I : (12) Dec. 10, '81, Jan, 5, '83. flocks 3, 3, '83, N. N. 

 4, 5. 



,,» eristata— Blue Jay.— (2) W. R. from the south, 

 8, 25; (8) K. ;(4) W. R, nearly full feathered 5, 7; (0) W. R. ; 

 (8) W. K.. (9); W. K., (10) R. '; (11) R„ nest 4. 20; (12) R. 



e,.\ ( ;,),f,rla Jay.— (10) W. R., not com- 

 mon; (.2) R., breeds. 



. Eivmopluhi idpestrh— Shore Lark.— (1) W. 11.; (3) W. S., 

 rare this wmteiyHoeks arrived the first week in Feb.- (9) W.' 

 R. ; (10) W. R., common; (11) in mild winters; 2, 11, F., 

 aesl ! eggs i, 12; (12)3, 14 numerous and song somewhat 

 Louder 8, 82, 3, 81 Urst that came have paired, 4, 3 nearly all 



is— Kingbird.— (2)5, 1; (3) 4, 25; (8) 4, 



Tu, 

 30;(H 

 , 31 <„ 



—Great Crested Flycatcher.— (3) 4, 29; 

 )) 5, 10. 



Pewee.— (1) 3, 15; (2) 3, 18; (3) 3, 22 and 

 egain 3, 24. 3 eggs 4. 31: (4) 8. 19; (5) 3, 22; .8) 3, 1; (9) 3, 

 29; (10) S, 28; (11)4. 9; (12) 419: 



e -Wood Pewee.— (3) 6, 5, seen; (9) 6, 3. 

 KiiqiUhmixjltm-eealrk— Yellow-bellied Flycatcher.— (2) 4, 

 26. 



l>de$tw ti'aiUi— .Traill's Flycatcher.— (3) 5, 24; 

 (12) 5. 16. 



Empidoiun ,„/,,,,„ -is. Beast Flycatcher.— (2) 4, 31; (4)4, 

 17. 



Trorhilus c-Aubm— Humming Bird.^(3) 5, 22; (4) 5, 7; (12) 

 5, 18, eg'gsO. 80 



i Chain ra pelasgica—Ghitanes Swift.— (2) 3, 8; (3) 4, 25; (4) 

 I, 20; (9)4, 27: (11)5, 8; (13)5,19. 



<■;■, ,/,..e/,.es .,„;:•■, ,e,-H"hippooi-will.— (3)4, 27; (4) 4, 26; 

 (fi) !, 30; (10) ; 87; (12)5, 25. 



,'/— Poorwill.— (3)4, 22. 

 ■PtUwrdeiUs popd,,,— Nighthawk.— f4) 5, 1; (0) 4, 26 to 5, 2; 

 - (")5, 37; (11)5. 4; (13).., 1.'. 



'^ Picas ciltma*— Hairy Woodpecker.— Resident at all sta- 

 tions. 



■,,,< -Downy Woodpecker. — Resident at all 

 -i.il'. i \. nestings, 15. 



I , —Black-backed Three-toed Woodpecker. 



—(10] YV. B: (11) VT. B., only a stragglerj (12) 5, 21, 1881. 

 Breeds. 



Sphiiriipii'iia m nun— Yellow-Bellted Woodpecker. — (4) 4, 

 3; (6)5, 14; (10)4, 5; (12)5, 34. 



//„,',,.'„„,„•., ),;/, ,,,,,,,-piicated Woodpecker.— (3) R. ; (4) W. 

 U,; (9i W. R.; (Ill it. : (12) R. 



„■•.■■. its earolirma— RedJBellietl Woodpecker.— (3) R.; (4) 

 W. R-: (9) W- B nearly gone 4. 30. 



je ■■,,,.■. ,;>:» , n/t/,, ,„; />/>,> his— B'ed-1 1 eaded Woodpecker.— 

 (3)5, 15; (4) \\. B. in cold Winters; (5)W. R. ; (0) W. R. ; 

 (;i) 5, 9; (11) seen :;. 10, probalilv wintered in low grounds, 

 again 4, 10; (12) 5, 20. 



, , ',-- Yellow-Shafted Flicker.— (1) W. R. in 



open winters; (2) W. R, ; (4)W. R. in cold winters; (5) W. R. ; 

 <«) W. R,. N. N. -i, 1; (9i W. Ti.; (10) 3. 27; (11)4, 2: (12) 

 4, 7. N. N. 4. 11. 



Cubipks ijrtnitu* iy/'.cVr'/,"*— Red-Shafted Flicker.— (3) R., 

 seen 8,24; (9) W". B, 



i", .,,;,', e/.'.yee-Cineiisle-r.— ,:il 3, 10; 1 1) I, 1: (0)4, 23: 

 (9)4, 7; (10) 4, 5; (11)4, 10; (12)4, 17. 



yzut wmerteaiws— Yellow-Billed Cuckoo.— (2) 4, 27; 



,,,,,, ,„,,v-BlaekBilledC:uekoo.— (2)4,30; 

 (12)5.30. 



,' , , e ..■../«— Bam Owl. — :4)4. 21. a beautiful apeci- 



meu shot about ten miles lrom here. It is the third speci- 

 men i;ii,i u in i,i ese parts in twih-e years. 



Aii-J Hincrhnnu* -Long-Eared Owl.— 4 and 9) W. R. 

 ,, , ,e. - l, e, i -Eared Owl.— ( 4 and 9) AV. R. 



Burred Owl.— 1,2, 8, 5, 8) R. ; (4) R., young 

 , ', 1 1 e Bv. remain in winter. 



,,,',.,(' richanlsow— Richardson's Owl. — (10; 

 W. I;., r.ire. 



Xyrtjtl,: nwdkn— Saw-Whet Owl.— (10) W. R., not com 

 mon; (11) R., not, common. 



■R., at all stations; (3) fledged 

 •inter; (II) not, common; (12) 

 rather common. 



— Great Horned Owl. — TI, at all stations; 

 (4) young 4, 27. 



Vlula ciiMW— Great Gray Owl— (10) W. B., not com- 

 mon; (11) W r . R., occasionally. 



Molotltriis ate 

 3, 10, N. N. 3 

 Xanthocept, 



-(3)4, 1, see,, 



Agelmus ph 



-Red- Winged Blackbird. (1) about 2. 



0; (2) 3, 17"; (3) 3, 1, seen 5, 20 'nesting; (5) 2, 20; (6) li. S 

 N. N., 4, 1, young 5, 5; (8) all winter; '81, '82 not usual; (!)) 

 W. R, 3, 22; (10) 3, 1 ; (11) 4, 1; (12) 4, 3, eggs, 6, 1. 



Sluniella mar/na — Meadow Lark. — (1) W. R. in open 

 winters; (2) 8, 17; (3) R., abundant, 3, 31, young 5, 22; (4) 3, 



xfruc 



•82; (9) a fe> 

 moi, on pr&i 



common. 



Tinn men 



1-0; (7)8, 8 



EluMklM 

 usually a fe 



■— Snowy Owl.— (8) V,', S. taken Jan. 30, 

 lain nearly every winter; (10) W. R.. corn- 

 Ill) W. li., not' common. 

 —Hawk Owl.— (10 imd 11) W. R., not 



triUt— Pigeon Hawk.— (12) 4. 12. 



e, .-Sparrow -Hawk.— (3) 4, 7; (4)2, 



Aeetpid r fu 



vall,,w-Tailed Kite— (3) 5, 11; (13) 

 ' i in '80 all summer, in '82 none seen, in 

 :i Lake, Minn., which becomes, I believe, the 

 . record of its observance. 



ir.hllawk.— (3)R.: (12)4, 2. 

 Sharp-Shinned Hawk.— (12) 4, 5. 

 Buteo UrmUs— Red-Tailed Hawk.— (3, 4, 5, 8, 9) R. ; (4) 

 shot one in nest 8. 18; (10) occasionally stays with us in 

 winter; ill) in mild winters a few sometimes stay-, (12) seen 

 for the first time 4. 1, and the next day, during a twenty- 

 mile ride, over two hundred seen. 



Buteo liatiaiii — Harlan's Hawk. — (4) there were several 

 black hawks in lids vicinity last winter besides the rough- 

 legged, which is quite common here, and I was fortunate 



enough to get one. It answers the description of Harlan's 



as given by Coues, and no other. 



Architntho lagopus miicti-joluniais— Rough-Legged Hawk. 

 — (4) W. R.; (12) W. R. 



Aipjila ckrystms nuiadenais— Golden Eagle.— (11) piob- 

 ahly resident; (12] seen in '81. 



Hadiw, tu* I, u.wplm.l.at—BgXd Eaelc.— (8) R., seen 2, 37; 

 (7) 3,_ 4; (10) W. R., not numerous; (11) R. ; (12) could 

 anything be. more appropriate than the emblem of our 

 country building its nest, on the shore of Lake Itasca. Visit- 

 ing the lake May 49, 1881, I found it, nesting high up in the 

 lead top of an enormous pine near the lake; 4, 2, '82, tlirel 



. Cathartes aura— Turkey Buzzard.— (1) W. R. ; (3) R. ; (4) 

 8, 16; (8) W. R. ; (9) 4, 27; (12) 4, 2. 



EctopixUn miijratoriu— Wild Pigeon.— (6) 3, 12; (11) 4, 3; 

 ;12) seen 5, 18, but probably not first. 



idum curalineimn— Mourning Dove.— (1) 3, 15; (3)R. 



Qg 4, 17; (5) 2, 27; (6) 4, 17; j(8) 3, 29; (9) 4, 3; (llj 4, 



t gaUapavo ("nt'/e"e«'—Wiid Turkey.— (8) R. ; (6) 



29; (1! 



Md, 

 R. 



Caaace cuandensh— Spruce Partridge.— (10) W. R. ; (11) 

 R. ; (12) R., not common. 



Bo/utm wnMlmx— Buffed Grouse.— Resident at all stations. 

 - I-mlhm'h-s p/wniam-Uim eolumlwmux— Sharp-Tailed Grouse. 

 —(9, 10. 11, 12) R. 



Cupidonia cupido— Prairie Hen.— Resident at, all stations. 

 s*OHy.r. viryiiiiana— Quail.— tl to 10) R. ; (11) R. not com- 

 mon; (12) does not occur. The Minnesota Indians have no 

 name for the bird. It came to the southern part of the State " 

 after the white man did, and the Indians had left that part, 

 of the State and gone north before it arrived. 



Anlai htrudias— Great Blue Heron.- -(3) nesting 5, 81; (4) 

 3, 28; (12) 4, 14. 



Butoridus tircxec its- Green Heron.— (8) 4, 21. 



b'yetiardai grim naeia— Squawk.— (3) 6, 1. seen. 



Botaui'us hntiginosus— American Bittern.— (0) 4, 4; (4)3, 

 20; (11)5, 6; (12)5. 8. 



Ardella Brim— Least Bittern.— (4) 3, 28; (12)5,13, full- 

 fledged young 6, 21 



dominmis— Golden Plover— (4) 8, 29; (10) 5, 

 aft— Effldeer.— (8) %, 28; (4) 2, 1-6; (6)4, 



(Jluiradrius 

 10; (12) 5. 

 -» Onjcdiu 

 13; (7) 3, 7; (8)'3, 18; (9) 3, 17; (10) 3, 3; (12) 4, 3. 



Pluhhela minor — Woodcock. — (1) W. R. in open winters; 

 (10)4, 16; (12) seen 6, 1, not first; is quite uncommon; not 

 more than three or foir seen in a season. 

 - Oallinaqo 'media icilsoni— Wilson's Snipe.— (1) W. R. in 

 open winters; (8) 3, 18; (9) 4, 19; (10) 4, 5; (11) 4, 3; (12) 4, 3. . 

 •■ Macrorhauipiis griseun — Red-Breasted Snipe, —(4) 5, 4; (9)" 



Actodmwas niacvlala — Jack Snipe. — (4) 3, 26, numerous 



4, 20; (9)5, 3; (12)5, 22, 1881. 



Aclodromo.s miaatiUa— Least Sandpiper.— (12) 5, 21. 



Tola i,u, m, linolt man— Greater Yellow-Legs.^-(4) 4, 20; (9) 



5, 2; (11)4, 29; (12)4, 8, 



. Tola n in, Jla ripen — Lesser Yellow-Legs. — (4)5, 5; (9)5, 1. 



PJtyarophilux m/lihirias — Solitary Sandpiper. — (4) 4, 5. 



Sijnipihemiu xeinipahuata — Willet. — (6) 3, 23. 



Barlraiida limi/katula— Upland Plover.— (3) 4, 4; (4) 4, 1,. 



Tri/ni/iti* rujcsctnn— Buff-Breasted Sandpiper.— (8) 5, 11. 



Porzana wr„lina— Carolina Rail.— (8) 5, 26; (6; 4, 7; (11)- 

 5, 2; (12) 5, 4. 



Poi-zaiw jumakenm— Black Rail.— (8) 5, 20. 



PhlUca amerkaim— Coot.— (4)3, 25; (12)5,3. N. B.— 

 When this species feeds in tire fall on the ripe wild rice, it 

 becomes very good eating. 



&/'('.v «»ie?Ve«/«</— Whoopiiig Crane— (3)4, 12; (8)2, 1 to 

 6; going south 3, 9. , 



Gruxatihidimk— Brown Crane.— (9) 3, 25; (12) 3, 31. 



Olor buccinator— .Swan.— (3) 3, 48. 



Chen hypcrboreun — Snow Goose. — (3) visits us during the 



wiute 

 Aim 



Bern 

 var. 11 

 flocks ( 

 - Bern 

 large fi 



, 4, saw flockS, 24; (7)3. 8. 

 ■on* ijantbeli— White-Fronted Goose.— (3) W r . S. 

 tnadentia— Wild Goose.— (3) both this and 

 i stay here during the winter; (9) 3, 5; largi 



. 3; (12)4, 3. 



eata— Brant— (1) 3, 7; (3) W. S. ; (9)2.; 



'—Pintail.— (2) W. R. 



'liitenmx— Green-Winged Teal —(7) very r lenti 



Ustm— Mallard.— (1) W, R. in open winters; (2) W 

 R.;(12) ' 

 DajOa 



Mt/.io, 

 ful, 8, 5. 



Querquchdu discorn— Blue-Winged Teal— (2) a large floe] 

 of 500 stayed at a lake near here for three days. June 1-8 

 (3) 5, 36; (6)4, 7. 

 ^Aix spiiiiM— Wood Duck.— (9) 3, 20. 



JEthyia aiiierkana. — Redhead.— (3) 3, 16. 



GUtngvla ,jl,i„ci,,„, ,'»,.,•«•</ /».=-Golden Eye.— (10) W. R. 

 (11) formerly W, R. 



GUmguta abetter- Buffle B^ad.— (10) W. R 



Rarelda gladalix—Ohl Wife.— (10) W. R. 



MelaiutUi rclvctina— Velvet Scoter.— (10) W. R. ; (11) twice 

 seen in winter. 



Mergus merganser aincrkiinus — Bull-Breasted Merganser 

 -(10) W. R. 



Merqii.i xerrator— Red-Breasted Merganser.— (10) W. R. 



Pekaiuux cri/t/'rorhyiicAitx—Tetic-du.—CJ) 5, 6; a large flock 

 5, 31; (4) 5, 4; (22)4,28. 



Phuk::roeor,u- dil^hax— Cormorant.— (4) 3 28. >— 



Larus glwuaw— Glaucous Gull.— (10) W. R. ' 



Larux ari/eutut,is smithxoiua ;i«»— Herring Gull.— (10) W. 

 R. 



• Lurmtdehwari litis— Ring-Billed Gull.— (9) probably seen 

 8, 28; (12)4. 8. 



Larus v-aakUiu— Franklin's Gull.— (4) 4, 21, very rare in 

 these parts; (10) W. R. 



Larus phmdeb)Mai— Bonaparte's Gull,— (11) 4, 1. 



Sterna fosleri— Foster's Gull.— (3) 4, 29; (9) 5, 1, 



" f&rmis surinaiiunsii— Black Tern.— (3) 



id-Throated Diver.— (10) W. R. 



i— Common Diver (4) 8, 36; (10) \Y. R; 



f— Loon— (6) 4, 28; (11), 4, 21; (12) 4, 



E.UU.V AltniVAL OF THE PlSB GllOSBEAK IN NoKTUEKN 



New Yoke. -On Monday morning, Nov. 6, 1882, 1 saw three 

 pine grosbeaks (Piniuila utuckutor) on a tree in front of my 

 office, at Locust Grove, Lewis county. New York. I have 

 never observed them here so early before, although I nag 

 told last year that one had been seen Oct, 29. But as noue 

 were seen afterward I concluded that the observer was mis- 

 taken iu the identity of his bird.— G. Habt Meilului, M. ,D 



