Connecticut Bird Notes

Cryplo•laux (= :Vyclala) acadica, 9, Newport, Oregon, December •4, •896.This specimen does not appear to belong to the recently described humid Northwest Coast form, Cryplo•rlaux acad[ca scolcea (Osgood).It seems not distinguishable from examples from Ontario, Connecticut, Minnesota, and California.Perhaps it xvas a winter visitant from the less l•umid luteflor somewhere.Calcarius lap•onœcus alascenst•, (•, October 2 9, September •4, •899; both taken at Cape Foulweather, Oregon.As œar as I can judge these are exactly like fall specimens from Kotzebue Sound, Alaska.Spœzella monlœcola ochracea• (•, Newport, Oregon, April 9, •9 ø•.This specimen is somewhat larger than Kowak River breeding birds; the interscapulars are more narrowly black-streaked, with edgings of buffy white; hind neck and rump also paler.These characters point toward a more arid summer habitat, possibly among the northern Rocky Mountains of British Columbia.--Jos•v•G•x•nn, Palo Allo, Calzf Connecticut Bird Notes.--Thisspring (•9o•) Mr. J. B. Canfield of Bridgeport, Conn., reports that three pairs of Rough-xvinged Swallo•vs (Slel.•t'dofileryxserr•enntk)nested in this vicinity.Judge John N. Clark, of Saybrook, notes another pair in that locality; and while en route on his trip to New Hampshire he noted a pair at White River Junction.Mr. R. Heber Howe, Jr, reports a pair at Gales Ferry.Mr. Calvin Rawson ('J.M. W.') of Norwich, Conn., also reports two pairs of Rough-wings, one nesting under the Laurel Hill bridge, and the other in the new coal pocket.I wish to record the nesting of three pairs of Rough-winged Swallows, one pair at Millstone Point, a short distance south of New London, first noticed May •2; a pair in Groton, opposite New London, June •o; and a pair still further east in Poquonnoc, also on June •o, about ten miles from the Rhode Island border.Rough-winged Swallows are evidently extending their breeding range farther and farther eastward, and are more numerous than generally supposed, and the A. O. U. Check-List should include Connecticut as within its breeding range.This is the verdict of Judge John N. Clark of Saybrook, Conn., one of our most careftfi observers, with long years of experience in ornithological field work.On May •2, •9o•, I was fortunate enough to find a small colony of Fish Crows (Corvus osstfra•us) nesting on one of the headlands jutting into Long Island Sound, in the vicinity of New London and within sight of the Watch Hill summer hotel, on the Rhode Island border.On further investigation I found 2 nests containing 5 eggs each; • nest containing 4 eggs; • nest containing 3 eggs; • nest containing 4 young (a day or two old).On Nov. •o, I noted five individuals of the colony and shall observe if they winter so far east of their usual range.Mr. J. B. Canfield of Bridgeport, speaks of a small colony in his vicinity also.Vol. XIX'] General :Voles.93

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