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 May, x9o5 I FROM FIELD AND STUDY 83 was changed by omitting was after Alrelospizaf. guttara and adding an s to the word "resident," thus making me misquote Mr. Evermann, concerning P. a. occidentalis and other species. Mr. Ridgway, in Part III, Birds of North and Middle America cites (with ?) Mr. Evermann's Ventura County record and his own observation in the valley east of Sacramento City in x867. Neither Mr. Ridgway nor Mr. Evermann preserved a specimen.--L. BELDING, 3ockton, Cal. Correetiolxs.--On page 268, Land Birds of Pacific District, under Errala is an error. Read: "Page I, Fourth paragraph should be inserted at foot of 7th paragraph," instead of 7th page. Mr. Grinnell, in Avifauna 3, gives Lanins borealis a southward range in California to Calaveras County, and Mr. Ridgway, by citing Mr. Grinnell, repeats the error in Birds of North and Middle America.--L. BELDING, Stockton, 6l. Erroneous Reeorls Correetel.--Dr. Wolcott of the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union has called my attention to some errors in an article written by me, and printed in the November-Dec- ember i9o 4 number of THE CONDOR. These were due to recent identifications, mv work having been done about six years ago, and to my not having known that some doubtful records had been thrown out, by the Nebraska Union Committee, on account of no specimens having been taken. There are no Sioux County records for barred owl, dusky poor-will, Lincoln sparrow, cedar wax- wing, Cassin vireo, russet-backed thrush, yellow-billed cuckoo and Baird sparrow. Cabanis woodpecker should be Rocky Mountain woodpecker; American goldfinch, the western goldfinch, and the slender-billed nuthatch, the Rocky Mountain. In some way, probably a slip on my part in copying, parts of two paragraphs on page x7o were omitted. The paragraph--beginning in line 35 should read, "The prairie falcon although occurlug in Santa Cruz County, was not seen during the summer; in Sioux County it is a rather common resident. The raptores are rather more abundant, in individuals, in Sioux County. This is due to the fact that the country is thinly settled and the birds have a chance to live undisturbed.--J. S. HUNTER, Berkeley, Cal. Robin lotes.--Following a suggestion, numerous letters were sent out to ascertain the whereabouts of the western robin (Jlrerula migratoria prolMnqua ) which is usually common in the region about San Francisco Bay in winter but which has been absent or very rare during the past winter. The following replies have been received to date.--ED. Swan Lake Valley, ,tear Klama/h Falls, 'lamath Co., Oregon.--Last winter was unusually mild, making it possible for several kinds of birds to remain with us instead of going to their usual southern resorts. These include robins and meadowlarks. The common robin nests through- out this region and is abundant usually from March x until regular winter weather begins, only staying through the winter when it is usually mild as last winter.--FLMER I. APPLEGATE, Z(lamath Falls, Ore. ,4lta, Placer Co., Cal., on C. P. R. R., all. 36oo.--Robins have been rare all winter, probably on account of warm weather and lack bf snow at higher elevations. Usually they are common. They were common at Blue Canyon, 4400 ft., March 2x, and were singing in great numbers. Here they were feeding on dry berries of manzanita and Heteromeles.--W. W. PRXCn. ,4pplegate, Placer Co., Cal.. on C. P. R. R.--Robins are never very common here in the uplands, in winter. Usually they keep to the American River side canyons in large flocks. and were there this year in large numbers about a month ago [latter part of Feb.]. They are, I think, in their normal .numbers here now, both in the canyons and in the upland meadows. They left Truckee region in large numbers at about their usual time in the fall, with the exception of a few flocks which went through much later, that is, long after the rainy and snowy spell of last Sep- tember. I am sure they are not up there now, even sparingly. I have not seen or heard a varied thrush ([moreus nmvius) since I returned here, Dec. 25, x9o4, which is remarkable.--Joxs J. WxI, I,X,.'as, ]Viarch 4, x9o5. Fyfle, El Dorado Co., Cal., alt. 37ooft.--There have been no robins here during the past winter. I was told that they have been numerous about Diamond Springs, about two and a half miles west of Placerville, and at other places up to about 2000 feet. Robins are still scarce, al- though there are a few here now. I have seen no varied thrushes this winter. Winter has been unusually mild here.L. E. TA,'LO, ,4pril 4, 905. Three Rivers, Tulare Co., Cal., [foothills, lower portion of Upper Sonoran belt].--I have not observed the usual number of robins or juneos this winter, nor have I seen any varied thrushes, but I am pretty sure I heard a varied thrush on two occasions. We had wild oats headed out here in January, which is something I never saw before.--W. F. DAN. Lone Pine and Cottonwood Canyon (Alrt. IFhitney).--No robins were observed the last week of March either at Lone Pine or on the lower slopes of Whitney. I ascended the canyon nearly to the yellow pines (ponderosa). Robins were "reported" by the inhabitants, however. Weather stormy.--EARI, MORRXS, Stanford Univ., Cal. ,4uburn, Cal., C. P. R. R., air. about ooo ft.--Robins have been present in usual numbers during the past winter.Dr. R. F. RoON..