1887. J General Notes. 2 Cj Cj 



determined to include these figures on plates rather than give them life 

 size, as originally intended, in the text, and thej- had to he reduced to do 

 so. It was a very natural oversight to make on the part of the publishers, 

 to print the author's corrected proof as returned to them, and the latter 

 was not aware of the change. Such slips will occasionally occur, espec- 

 ially when author and publisher are separated hy a distance of nearly 

 6000 miles, as in the present instance. — R. W. Shufeldt, Fort Win- 

 gate \ N. M. 



Hummingbirds feeding their Young on Insects. — Mr. Manly Hardy has 

 kindly consented to my publishing the following extract from one of his 

 letters : "When I was in Colorado Mr. E. Carter told me this story. lie 

 found a Hummingbird's nest one afternoon, containing two eggs. As he 

 wanted the parent he left it and returning next day shot her. To his sur- 

 prise there were two young in the nest instead of eggs. Upon dissecting 

 the young he found two insects in the stomach of one of them, thus prov- 

 ing that Hummingbirds sometimes feed their young on insects within 

 twenty-four hours from the time they are hatched." Unfortunately Mr. 

 Hardy did not ascertain the particular species of Hummer above referred 

 to. — William Brewster, Cambridge, Mass. 



Otocoris alpestris praticola in Chester County, South Carolina. — -Al- 

 though noteworthy for its severity, the past winter was not favorable for 

 the presence of Horned Larks in this portion of the Piedmont Belt. The 

 rigorous weather of the early part of December, 18S6, brought, however, a 

 little company of less than a dozen, nine of which were taken. A study 

 of Mr. Henshaw's descriptions (Auk, Vol. I, July, 1SS4) led to the con- 

 viction that these birds, which formed a continuous series, headed by a 

 large and bright-colored male, were Prairie Horned Larks. Selecting a 

 typical female and the extreme male, I forwarded them to Mr. Henshaw, 

 who courteouslj' examined the samples, determining them as follows : " I 

 think you can safely call both specimens Otocoris alpestris praticola. 

 The male is rather large, but it comes nearer to this race than to either 

 of the others." 



Whether alpestris and praticola will be found contemporaneously can- 

 not be affirmed without further observation, but it is probable that both 

 appear during some winters, though perhaps not during the same period 

 of cold. — Leverett M. Loomis, Chester, S. C. 



Clarke's Nutcracker {Picicorvus Columbia mis) in the Bristol Bay Re- 

 gion, Alaska. — The northward range of this species has been very much ex- 

 tended by the capture of a specimen at Nushagak, Alaska (lat. 60'- N., 

 long, about 159 W.), by Mr. J. W. Johnson, signal observer at that sta- 

 tion. The specimen (No. 110,095, U. S. Nat. Mus. Coll.), an adult male, 

 was obtained Nov. 5, 1S85, and is apparently exactly like specimens from 

 the Western United States. — Robert Ridgway, Washington, D. C. 



