32 General Notes. 



from a flock of Redpolls in Belmont {See Nuttall Bulletin 

 for April 1883). 



Robins (Turdus migratorms), Cedar Birds {Ampelis 

 cedrorum), Purple Finches [Carpodacus purpureus), and 

 Night Herons (JVy ether odius violaceus) were also seen: and 

 Snow Buntings {Plect/rop)hanes nivalis). Redpolls (^giothiis 

 linaria) and Pine Grosbeaks [Pinicola etiitcleator) were unu- 

 sually plenty. — Arthur P. Chadhourne, Cambridge^ Mass. 



OCCURKENCE OF THE SwAMP AND WhITE-THROATED SpAR- 



Rows AT Cambridge, Mass, in Winter. — On January 7, 

 1882, 1 shot a White-throated Sparrow ( Zo?^o^r^cA^a albicollis) 

 in Cambridge, Mass. In the same place I took another on 

 March 7. It therefore seems likely that this species may 

 sometimes spend the entire winter in eastern Massachusetts. 

 While collecting at Cambridge late in the afternoon of 

 January 11, 1883, I saw a flock of six or seven Swamp 

 Sparrows (Melosjnza imlustris), two of which I shot. I 

 afterward visited the place several times but saw nothing 

 more of them; perhaps because the underbrush where 

 they were had been cut down. I believe that this species 

 has never before been taken in winter as far north as 

 Massachusetts. — Charles R. Lamb, Cambridge, Mass. 



The Colorado Potato Beetle Pupating above the 

 Ground. — In my experiments with the grub of the Col- 

 orado Potato Beetle ( Chrysomela 10-lineata Say. ) I have had 

 them go through with all their transformations on the 

 surface of the ground. The pupa state was passed under 

 the leaves in the box and they changed to pupge without 

 constructing a case or cocoon, as is generally stated. The 

 last change presented a strange appearance; Hrst the head 

 of the larva fell off, or at any rate part of its covering, then 

 the legs, then the remaining portion of the covering, and 

 the pupa was complete. — N. Coleman^ Berlin, Conn. 



