8o Geyteral Notes. [^Jj]^ 



Snowy Owl and Golden Eagle at Plymouth, Michigan. — A Snowy 

 Owl {Nyctea nyctea) was shot at Plymouth, Michigan, on December 4, 

 1901. It was a male bird, and its stomach contained no food. 



Recently a Golden Eagle {Aguila chrysa'etos canadensis) was caught near 

 here — the second one observed at this place. These birds are becoming 

 quite rare in southern Michigan, and a law should be enacted for their 

 protection, and not only for them but for several other species of our 

 hawks and owls. — James B. Purdy, Plymouth, Mich. 



The Hawk Owl in Massachusetts. — I found lately in the Bryant Col- 

 lection in the Museum of Comparative Zoology two specimens of Surnia 

 ulula caparoch. The label on one reads "Massachusetts, December 30, 

 ^," (No. 1524) ; on the other, "Massachusetts, (J," (No. 1525). As no 

 Massachusetts specimen has been recorded as taken on Decem.ber 30, this 

 bird is evidently unrecorded, and makes the thirteenth record for the State. 

 The other specimen may be one of those already recorded of which we 

 have no other data as to the capture. — Reginald Heber Howe, Jr., 

 Long-wood, Mass. 



The Elf Owl as a California Bird. — So far as I am aware the chief, if not 

 the only, claim Micropallas -vhitneyi has in the literature to the rank of a 

 California bird rests upon the type specimen. The paper (Proc. Calif. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci., Vol. H, p. 118) containing the original description of 

 this specimen is entitled 'New Californian Animals', but the locality given 

 for the specimen is Fort Mojave, which was on the Arizona side of the 

 Colorado River. Positive evidence of the occurrence of this owl in 

 California has recently come to my knowledge in an example (now No. 

 1S29S, Calif. Acad. Sci.) obtained April 20, 1S98, by Mr. J. A. Kusche in 

 San Bernardino County, the precise locality being about ten miles from 

 San Bernardino on the old Toll Road, altitude about 2000 feet. — Leverett 

 M. LoOMis, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 



Unusual Abundance of Lewis's Woodpecker near Tucson, Arizona, in 

 1884. — During the fall of 1884 Lewis's Woodpecker {Asyndesmus torijiiatns) 

 appeared in large numbers in the Santa Cruz Valley, opposite Tucson, 

 Arizona. Although I have been a resident of the place for about twenty- 

 four years it was the only time I ever saw them in that neighborhood. 

 The following concerning them is from my note-book of that date. 



September 28. To-day I saw what appeared to be a large black wood- 

 pecker in the pomegranate groves west of town. It was wild and unap- 

 proachable. It kept much among the small trees. 



September 2q. To-day I fortunately secured the black woodpecker I saw 

 yesterday. It proves to be a voung female of A. torquatus. The cervical 

 collar is entirely wanting. So far as I can remember it is the only one I 

 ever met with in southern Arizona. 



