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Grus americana (Linne). In August, 1895, Mr. F. B. Magill 

 saw a whooping crane on the Little Miami River, near Indian 

 Hill Station. 



Actitis macular ia (Linne). On June 25, 1899, near Turtle 

 Creek, in Warren County, Ohio, Mr. R. Kellogg and myself 

 observed a female of the spotted sandpiper, followed by two 

 very small young ones, running through a sandy field. They 

 ran at full speed, the female making a loud cry of alarm. 

 Seeing that we were gaining on, and would capture, her young, 

 she changed her note, and at that instant the young ones 

 stopped, squatted flat down, shut their eyes, and remained 

 motionless, becoming invisible to our eyes, so perfectly did 

 their colors mimic the sand and pebbles. We would surely 

 have lost them if we had not had our eyes on them at that 

 instant. 



Elanoides forficatus (Linne). An adult male of the swallow- 

 tailed kite was shot at Chillicothe, Ohio, August, 1898. Its 

 stomach contained twenty-eight grasshoppers, twenty-four of 

 which were Melanoplus differ entialis, a rather large and de- 

 structive species. All of these had the heads bitten cleanly 

 off" by the kite. The four small ones were swallowed entire. 

 This most elegant hawk is very rare in Ohio. 



Mimus polyglottus (Linne). Parker Donaldson reports the 

 mocking bird as a resident of his farm, two miles above New 

 Richmond, Clermont County, Ohio. They nest there, and 

 they remained throughout the winter of 1898-99, which was 

 the coldest ever known here. They were seen in February, 

 1899, after the cold weather had abated. I visited the place, 

 June 3, 1899, but no birds were singing. I saw the nests that 

 had been used. Mr. Donaldson mentions a curious habit the 

 male bird has of flying up in the air, singing loudly all the 

 time. It then comes tumbling head over heels to the ground ; 

 when it nearly reaches the earth it quickly rights itself and 

 darts into a bush or hedge. 



