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were nesting at the ice pond near Port Union, Ohio, in June, 1882. 

 — Walter Douglas, Mt. Auburn, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM BROOK VILLE, INDIANA. 



I find the following in my note-book, under date of October 18, 1880. 

 To-day I saw about twenty-five swallows; three or four were Barn Swal- 

 lows (H. horreorum), the remainder either Bank Swallows (C. riporia), 

 or more likely the Rough-winged Swallow (S. serripennis). 



Fall had fairly begun, there had been severe frost, and winter birds 

 had begun to arrive. On the same day I had shot a pair of Mallards 

 (A. boschas), and several Butter Ducks (B. albeola). — E. R. Quick, 

 Brookville, Franklin count} 7 , Ind. 



Mimus polyglottus, Boie. — Mocking Bird. — A rare summer resi- 

 dent. June 29, 1880, I observed two young birds scarcely able to fly, 

 in my orchard; one of them I procured. This is my onl}^ record of 

 their visits, though I have heard of a few other cases. 



Cistothorus stellaris, Cabauis. — Short-billed Marsh Wren. — I 

 have never met with it except in one localit} T where a small stream 

 passes through an open field, forming at times a sort of bog; this is 

 about three miles from here. In September, 1879, I shot three speci- 

 mens, and September 22 and 23, 1881, I saw five, and procured three 

 from this locality. 



Anthus ludovicianus, Licht. — Tit-lark. — Common as late as April 

 21, 1882. 



Sitta canadensis, Linn. — Bed-bellied Nuthatch. — I have never seen 

 this bird but ouce, and that at quite an unusual time. The first week 

 in Ma} r , 1879, they were quite common in a tract of sugar woods. 



Helminthophaga chrysoptera, Baird.— Golden-winged Warbler. — 

 The first specimen from this count}^ was taken April 29, 1879. A half 

 dozen or more have been taken since, mostly in the spring of 1881. 

 They frequent oak and and sugar tree groves, near the tops of our 

 highest hills. 



Perissoglossa tigrina, Baird. — Cape May Warbler. — A rather rare 

 migrant with us, frequenting the lower branches of oaks and sugar 

 trees near the hill tops. I took three specimens in May, 1881. 



Dendroeca dominica albilora, Ridg. — White-browed, Yellow- 

 throated Warbler. — A common summer resident along streams, fre- 

 quenting in spring the sycamore and cotton wood groves; they breed 



