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this time. The statement that the Piping Plovers of this region are with- 

 out a complete breast band is an unpardonable slip, for they certainly do. 

 Since the King Eider is found not uncommonly on Lake Ontario, and is 

 an open water bird, it may well be that it may be found in some number 

 in the lake off rfom Cleveland. It seems that the specimens of Snow Goose 

 from Detroit and that vicinity are of the Lesser type. Of course the 

 observation recorded was merely a record made with a high-power field 

 glass and subspecific distnctions of the fineness presented by these geese 

 was out of the question. It could only be determined that the birds were 

 Snow Geese. 



In Mr. F. H. Hall's article in the last Bulletin on Adirondack birds 

 Mr. Eaton wa^ quoted as stating that human occupancy is a menace to 

 the bird life of those regions. It appears that the source of Mr. Hall's 

 information was a misquotaton of Mr. Eaton, who made a public correc- 

 tion of the statement which had come to the notice of Mr. Hall. Mr. 

 Eaton agrees very closely with Mr. Hall's observations. 



GENERAL NOTES. 

 A GOLDEN Eagle in Miami County, Ohio. The rare occurrence 

 of the Golden Eagle {AqiiiUa chryswtos) east of the Mississippi 

 River justifies the publication of any such records. On November 

 3, 1905, a fine adult female was captured about five miles of Troy, 

 Miami county. It could not fly owing to a broken wing received 

 from a shot wound received sometime previous. The bird wa.s kept 

 alive for two months and a half in the hope that the wing might 

 recover, but since the humerus was broken in two, and although 

 nature heroically endeavored to repair the fracture by putting 

 out great knots of bony tissue on the broken ends, the effort was 

 futile. The bird persistently picked off all bandages for the sup- 

 port of the broken wing. During its captivity we fed it Deef, with 

 an occasional rabbit. It could dispose of a rabbit in a remarkably 

 short time. The confinement did not seem to affect its appetite, 

 for that never failed. It was very attractive on account of its 

 general beauty, but especially on account of the brilliance of its 

 hazel-brown eyes. We were further interested to observe that it 

 did not defend itself with its hooked bill but with its powerful 

 talons. It was identified by an old taxidermist as a young Bald 

 Eagle, but the entirely feathered tarsus proclaimed it a Golden 

 Eagle beyond doubt, to say nothing of the cowl of golden-brown 

 feathers and the fact that the basal two-thirds of the tail was white, 

 and the outer one-third was very dark brown. Finally realizing 

 that the wing would not heal, and knowing that there must be a 



