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Illinois. He speaks of it as more common during its migrations, and re- 
cords the capture of a fine specimen near Chicago, in May, 1876. He 
believes it to be a common summer resident upon the prairies of the west- 
ern part of the State (Bull. Essex Inst., VIII, p. 111). Dr. H. A. Atkins 
has reported the occurrence of quite large flocks of neglecta at Locke, 
Ingham Co., Mich., during Octobey, 1878 (see this Bulletin, IV, p. 123). 
In all probability, var. neglecta mixed with var. magna will be found to 
occur with more or less frequency to the extreme eastern limit of the 
prairie, districts, but with its distinctive characteristics rather less strongly 
pronounced than on the arid plains further westward. — J. A. Allen, 
Cambridge , Mass. 
Chordiles popetue minor in Florida. — Just after sunset on 
May 1, 1879, as we were rowing down the Homosassa River, in Florida, 
about six miles above its entrance to the Gulf of Mexico, our attention was 
attracted by probably a thousand “ Night-Hawks,” sailing and twisting in 
their usual manner in pursuit of insects, at a height of from fifty to a 
hundred and fifty feet above the water. This continued until very 
late in the evening. We observed the same the next evening and pro- 
cured a few specimens. They seemed small ; but we thought them all to 
be Chordiles popetue until, upon dissection, finding some females to have 
white throats and one a pale rufous throat, we were puzzled, and sent one 
to Mr. G. N. Lawrence, of New York. Mr. Lawrence says that, on com- 
parison with his specimen of Chordiles from Cuba, he found it to be 
identical with Chordiles minor of Cabanis. He also informs me that this 
species was obtained in Florida by Mr. Maynard. The note of these birds 
is scarcely different from that of C. popetue , except that it is perhaps a 
little feebler. — Greene Smith, Peterboro’, Madison Co ., N. Y. 
[In Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway’s “ History of North American 
Birds ” (Vol. V, Appendix, p. 520) occurs the following reference to Mr. 
Maynard’s specimens : — 
“ Chordiles popetue var. minor. Specimens from Miami, Florida, col- 
lected by Mr. Maynard, agree very nearly with typical examples of var. 
minor from Cuba, both in size and color, and possibly should be referred 
to that race. A male (7414, Mus. C. J. M.) measures: wing, 7.00; tail, 
4.15. The colors are those of var. popetue, with less rufous than in the 
single specimen of minor with which it has been compared.” 
Mr. Lawrence, in referring to Mr. Smith’s specimen in a letter to the 
writer, says, “ I found it to agree precisely with a female in my collection 
sent me by Dr. Gundlach, from Cuba,” and adds, that, as “ this appeared to 
be a more positive case ” than those mentioned as taken by Mr. Maynard in 
the above-given extract, he advised Mr. Smith to have his examples re- 
corded in the Bulletin. Mr. Maynard, it may be added, makes no refer- 
ence to this small race in his “Birds of Florida,” in treating of this 
species, although pale examples resembling var. henryi are noted (see 
Pt. VIII, p. 199). — J. A. Allen.] 
