'J 8 General Notes. [January 



in a maple swamp, not more than twenty yards from where the specimen 

 of the previous year was secured. The other was shot September 15. 

 in a drv blueberry heath, on a pine tree, where it seemed to he feeding. 

 To make certain in regard to their identity I have just shown the three 

 skins to Mr. Brewster, who pronounces them undoubted Oporornis agilis. 

 — T OSEPH L. Goodai.e. Cambridge, Mass. 



The Brown Thrush laying in the Nest of the Wood Thrush. — As 

 the present season has proved to he prolific in birds laying large sets of 

 egijs. I was induced to look into a nest of a Wood Thrush, from which 

 the female was with difficulty driven off, when, in addition to her own 

 clutch of four eggs I was very much surprised to see two typical eggs of 

 the Brown Thrush, which. I believe, is the first record of the kind. The 

 nest was placed in a maple, about three feet from the ground, in a quite 

 thick ravine very seldom frequented; so this occurrence cannot be placed 

 to the pranks of some boy. Again, the Brown Thrush is not common in 

 this vicinity, and its nest is quite a rarity, so that any boy of 'birds-eggs- 

 cellectifig proclivities" would have been more apt to keep the eggs than 

 to place them in another nest, which might not have been the case had 

 the species been a Robin. Catbird, or some common bird. Near the 

 spot where this nest was found a Brown Thrush was heard singing, but 

 all efforts to find its nest were fruitless. The eggs of the Wood Thrush 

 proved to have been incubated about seven days; those of the Brown 

 Thrush not over two or three days. This unique set was taken June 5. 

 1S86, and is now in the collection of the American Museum of Natural 

 History, New York. — II. B. BAILEY, Souf/i Orange. X. J. 



Capture of Three Rare Birds near Hartford. Conn. — Ardea egretta. 

 American Egret. — A bird (sex unknown) of this species was shot in 

 this vicinity Aug. 14. 1SS3. Two or three more were reported seen near 

 here in the same month, but I can vouch for the authenticity of only the 

 one mentioned above. 



Charadrius dominicus. American Golden Plover. — I have a young 

 male of this species in my collection which was shot Oct. 24. 1SS5, as it 

 was flushed from a stubble field in this locality. The bird was alone, and 

 in skinning it I found that it was in good condition. 



Phalaropus lobatus. Northern Phalarope. — I shot a female about a 

 mile below Hartford, Sept. 27, 1S86. It appeared quite tame and was flushed 

 from the water with considerable difficulty. The plumage was perfect 

 but on dissection it proved to be in very lean condition. — Wili.ard E. 

 Treat. East Hartford. Conn. 



Piranga rubriceps and Tringa fuscicollis in California. — I have just re- 

 ceived a specimen of Piranga rubriceps from Mr. W. G. Blunt, of San 

 Francisco, which he shot at Dos Pueblos, Santa Barbara Co., Cal., and 

 mounted at the time, which was about 1871, he thinks. The bird has 

 not since been out of his possession. It was alone when shot. 



Mr. Blunt assures me that there is positively no doubt of the fact. 



