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tucket, thej were equally common with the Red Crossbills. A male, 



female, and young male from those shot at the Country Club are to be 



placed in the Charles H. Smith Collection at Roger Williams Park. I 



also saw a White-winged Crossbill on February ist in Roger Williams 



Park. 



Providence, March loth, 1900. Edward H. Armstrong- 



A Late Siskin in R. I. — During a heavy, chilly fog, on May 31, 1897, 

 I saw a Siskin hopping about on the branches of one of the ornamental 

 evergreens on the lawn of Mr. Grosvenor's house at Newport. 

 West Point, N. Y., Feb. 15th, 1900. Wirt Robinson. 



A Scoter on Land and Other Notes. — At eight o'clock on the morn- 

 ing of October 11, 1898, my attention was called to a Duck on the tennis 

 court in front of St. George's School. The school is situated about two 

 hundred yards from the ocean exposed cfiffs of Newport, and the tennis 

 court is less than forty yards from the piazza. The bird, an adult Surf 

 Scoter {Oidemia ferspicillata) was walking about, and apparently paying 

 no attention to a group of boys on the ^'va.7.7.2l. 



The bird was shot as it flew off and proved to be a fine specimen in per- 

 fect health. Why it lit so near houses I am unable to saj'. It could 

 not have walked up the steep cliffs. There were no tame ducks in the 

 neighborhood to attract it. Probably it became exhausted while flying, 

 and was obliged to alight. 



A Briinnich's Murre {Uria lo7nvia) was found on February 22, 

 1900, on Easton's Beach. Master Austin Sands tells me that on March 11, 

 1900, he saw two male Red-headed Woodpeckers {Melanerpes erythro- 

 cephalus) in his yard at Newport. I have every reason to believe his 

 identification correct. 



Two Barred Owls {Syniium nebulosuin) have wintered in Newport not 

 far from Bellevue Avenue. One of these was taken on March 12, 1900. 

 Newport, March 13, 1900. Edward Sturtevant. 



Sea Fowl Notes. — On February 24th, 1900, I saw several flocks of 

 Ducks on the wing which must have numbered over a thousand. The 

 Providence River has been frozen over as far as Gaspee Pt., and the air 

 holes are full of Ducks, mostly Greater Scaup {Aythya marila). Whistlers 

 (^Clajigula c. americana), Buffleheads f^Charitoiieita albeola') and Scoters 

 (^Oidemia). 

 Providence, March 2nd, 1900. Edward H. Armstrong. 



Wintering Robins and Bluebirds. — Bluebirds ( Sinlia sialis) and Robins 

 {Mcrnla migratoria) have been seen in different parts of the State in 

 numbers all winter. Five Bluebirds have passed the last three months in 



