iS8 



General Notes. [April 



Ornis, Jahr. II, Heft i, 2, 1SS6. 



Ornithologist and Odlogist, XI, Nos. 11-12, 18S6, XII, Nos. 1-3, 1SS7. 



Report of the U. S. Commissioner of Agriculture, 1S86. 



Report of the Fish and Game Commissioners of Massachusetts for 1SS6. 



Reports of the Micr. Soc. of West Chester, Pa., on an Act of the Assem- 

 bly of Pennsylvania, awarding a premium for the Destruction of Hawks, 

 Owls, Minks, Weasels, etc., 1887. 



Swiss Cross, a Month. Mag. of the Agassiz Ass., I, Jan. -March, 1S87. 



Proceedings Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, pt. 3, Oct.-Dec, 1886. 



Proceedings U. S. Nat. Mus., 1S86, pp. 289-624. 



Zoologist. XI, Nos. 121-123, Jan. -March, 1SS7. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



The Common Murre (Uria troille) and the Razor-billed Auk (Alca 

 tarda) on the New England Coast. — Among some birds received by Mr. 

 F. B. Webster from a gunner at Eastport, Maine, December 27, 1SS6, I 

 found three Murres. They were in the flesh and evidently had been dead 

 only a few days. With them were sent one Briinnich's Murre (Uria 

 lomvia), and no less than twenty Razor-billed Auks. The latter occurred 

 in great numbers at various points between Eastport, Maine, and Prov- 

 incetown, Mass., during November and December, 1S86; ordinarily they 

 are not common. The Briinnich's Murre. usually an abundant visitor in 

 the late autumn, has been apparently nearly wanting the past season. — 

 William Brewster, Cambridge, Mass. 



Capture of the Razor-billed Auk at Norfolk, Virginia. — By request of 

 Dr. A. K. Fisher I sefid to 'The Auk' the following note recording the 

 capture of the Razor-billed Auk (Atca torda) in the vicinity of Norfolk, 

 Virginia. I am not able to state by whom it was shot, nor the date, but 

 it was about the 15th of October. The bird was a male, in fine plumage 

 and good condition. This, I believe, is the first one taken so far south. — 

 Frederick S. Webster, Washington, D. C. 



Megalestris skua. — In 'The Auk,' Vol. Ill, No. 4, Oct., 1SS6, p. 432, I 

 recorded what I supposed to be the third occurrence of this species in 

 North America. A previous record of two seen on Nantucket Shoals, 

 Oct. 11, 1SS3, may be found in 'Notes on the Habits and Methods of Cap- 

 ture of Various Species of Sea Birds that occur on the Fishing Banks off 

 the Eastern Coast of North America, and which are used for bait for 

 catching Codfish by New England Fishermen,' by Capt. J. W. Collins 

 (pp. 13 and 14, of separate, extracted from the Annual Report of the Com- 

 missioner of Fish and Fisheries for' 1SS2, pp. 323 and 324). — William 

 Dutcher, Ncvj York City. 



