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hundred small regalis about 3 inches long, one of 

 which was identified by Mr. Barton A. Bean of the 

 United States National Museum as nothus. 



In no case have I found the body of my speci- 

 mens of nothus more compressed than the bodies of 

 regalis of the same size caught at the same time. 

 There is great variation with age in regalis, and in 

 order properly to compare nothus with it one must 

 have specimens of the same size and condition of 

 nutrition. Whenever I have made such comparison 

 the color has been the only obvious difference be- 

 tween the two. 



The only way that I can explain the remarkable 

 correspondence in size, between specimens of nothus 

 and regalis with which they are caught is by suppos- 

 ing them to have been spawned with the regalis; and 

 as two species of fish cannot come from the same lot 

 of spawn, I consider nothus simply an abnormally 

 colored regalis. 



Russell J. Coles, 



Danville, Va. 



LOUISIANA WATER THRUSH EATING 



FISH. 



On April 2, 1916, a very early Louisiana Water 

 Thrush (Seiurus motacilla) appeared in Central 

 Park, New York City. It was remarkably tame, 

 walking about the edges of some small ponds, and 

 at one time going under a low bridge upon which 

 several persons were standing. The most remarkable 

 action on its part was to dart toward the surface of 

 the water and seize a small fish perhaps an inch and 

 a half in length. The bird did not swallow the fish 

 whole, but pecked it bit by bit, probably consuming 

 all of the flesh. 



George E. Hix, 

 New York, N. Y. 



