BOSTON ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 37 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Baird's Sandpiper at Marblehead, Mass. On Aug. 15, 

 1881, while shooting at Marblehead, Mass., after an easter- 

 ly storm, 1 secured a specimen of Baird's Sandpiper (Acto- 

 dromus hairdi). It was alone when I shot it and was, I 

 believe, the only one taken during the season. Chm^Ies 

 R. Lamh^ Camhridcje, jMas.s. 



[This is the third recorded instance of its capture in Mas- 

 sachusetts, though it prol)ably occurs regularly during the 

 migrations. — Edd. ] 



A Third Spectmex of the Sayallow-tailed Gull 

 {Xema fur cat um). — I learn from my correspondent, Mr. 

 Howard Saunders of London, that he has just received a 

 young of the j'ear specimen of the above named rare 

 Gull. This is the third specimen in collections, two others, 

 both of which are also in Europe, one in the British Museum 

 and the other, 1 think, nt St. Petersburg, were taken in the 

 Pacific ocean off the const of California. It is extremely 

 probable, however, that the usual habitat of this very rare 

 bird, is the Arctic Regions. 



The more deeply forked tail and large size at once dis- 

 tinguish it from X. sahmei. Length of wing of sabinel 

 10. 7-"), o[ fHrcfffifTH l().-")0.— (\ J. jMf/ff/ufrd, Boston. Mass. 



Tw^o Rare Carabid.^^: from Eastern Massachusetts. — 

 The occurrence of the two following rare species of Carabi- 

 dee in the eastern part of the state seems to be of sufficient 

 importance to merit publication in the Journal. 



Cedosrmui wUcoxi, Lee. On July 3, 1880, wdiile col- 

 lecting at Nantucket, I procured a specimen of this species 

 on the beach, wdiich extends along the south shore of the 



