Ridgway on a Melanistic Phase of the Broad- winged Hawk.— Mr. 
Ridgtvav has recently described* “the melanistic plumage of Butco latis- 
simns,” as exhibited in a specimen taken at Baxter, Iowa, by Mr. J. W. 
Preston. This is the only specimen thus far seen by Mr. Ridgway, but 
Mr. Preston reports having seen two others, one of which was nearly 
secured. — J. A. A. 
Auk, 4, Jan., 1887. p. fa fa . 
* Description of a Melanistic Specimen of Buteo latissimus (Wils.). By Robert 
Ridgway. Proc, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, pp. 248, 249. Published Oct. 1886. 
