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specimens observed at Brookville, Indiana, May 17, 1879, in company 
' with a number of Turkey Buzzards.—-E. R. Quick. 
- BonaSA UMBELLUS, Stephens.—Ruffed Grouse ; Pheasant.—The ovi- 
duct of a specimen taken by the writer at Brookville, Ind., May 10, 
1879, contained an egg on which the shell had begun to form. 
OrTyxX VIRGINIANA, Bonaparte.—Quail; Bob White.—Rev. G. W. 
Dubois informs us of an instance, which came under his observation, 
of the joint ownership of a nest by a Quail and a common hen. The 
incident occurred near Morrow, O., in the summer of 1878. Which 
bird took final charge of the chicks is not stated. 
(Puitomacuus) Macuertes pucnax, Cuvier.—The Ruf.—The occur- 
rence of this European species in Ohio may not be generally known to 
collectors. A specimen from Licking Reservoir, thirty miles east of 
Columbus, is recorded by Dr. J. M. Wheaton, in the Bulletin of the 
Nuttall Ornithological Club, vol. ii., p. 83. 
_ACTODROMAS MACULATA, Coues. — Pectoral Sandpiper.—Mr. J. B. 
‘Porter informs us of the capture of twenty-one specimens of this species, 
July 29 and 30, near Glendale, O. 
BARTRAMIA LONGICAUDA, Bonaparte.—Bartram’s Sandpiper; Upland 
“ Plover.”—Seven specimens taken July 29, 1880, near Glendale, O., 
by Mr. J. B. Porter, who thinks the species had bred there. 
TANTALUS LocuLatTor, Linnzeus.— Wood Jbis.—Under date of July 
-9, 1880, Mr. H. E. Chubb, of Cleveland, Ohio, advises us that he has 
added to his cabinet a Wood Ibis shot near that place on June 20, 1880. 
CHEN HYPERBOREUS, Boie.—Snow Goose. — Specimen taken near 
Brookville, Franklin county, Ind., on October 18, 1881, in company 
with a flock of tame geese.—E. R. Quick. 
HARELDA GLACIALIS, Leach.—Long-tatled Duck; Old Squaw.—A 
specimen taken near the mouth of the Great Miami, on February 24, 
1880, by Mr. T. J. Baum, is now in that gentleman’s cabinet. This 
capture, while adding a species tothe list of birds identified in this 
vicinity (which now numbers 264), is also of interest as considerably 
extending the known eastward range of this duck in the Mississippi 
Valiey. We are indebted to Miss Emma Goepper for the facts relating 
to its capture. 
PHALACROCORAX DILOPHuS, Nutt, Double-crested Cormorant._——Mr. 
EK. R. Quick has sent us an example of this species taken by him at 
Brookville, Ind., on November 19, 1880. A specimen, now in the 
museum of this society, was taken by Mr. Harry Hunt, on October 20, 
1881, about four miles above the mouth of the Great Miami. 
