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1902 J 



October 28. Lewis' s.Woodpeckers have become quite scarce. Because 

 of their handsome phnnage I hoped to collect a few more, but succeeded in 



getting but two. 



Mvlast notation of them was made Novembe. 16, and is as follows: 

 "Lewis's Woodpeckers are entirely gone." Although I find I was m the 

 field ten times petween Oct. 28 and Nov. 16 that is the only entry made of 

 them. I cannot sav with certainty whence they came or whither they 

 went but I always thought that they came from the north and went south, 

 still i have nothing to prove it by. I surely found them to be an unusually 

 interesting bird,— Herbert Brown, Yuma, Arizona. 



The Rivoli Hummingbird in Southern California.- A male Eugenes 

 ful^ens was taken bv Mr. J. A. Kusche in the San Gorgonio Pass, River- 

 side Countv, California, July 15, 1899- Mr. Kusche made the bird into a 

 fine skin, which is now No. 17394 of the study series of birds in the Cali- 

 fornia Academy of Sciences. I do not recall any previous instance of the 

 capture of thi^ Hummingbird in California.- Leverett M. Loomis, 

 Calif or nia Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 



Vestipedes vs. ^xiocnemis.— Eriocnetnis Reichenbach (Avium Syst., 

 1849 pi xl), is antedated by Vestipedes "L^^son (Echo du monde savant, 

 ser - Vm Oct 22, 1843, 756). Lesson's name is equivalent to £/-/oo/fw//5 

 and "should be used in place of it. - Chas. W. Richmond, Wa.^Inngton, 

 D. C. 



Noteon'Delattriahenrici.'— This species, named Ornisfnya henrica 

 by Lesson and Delattre in 1839, was first described by Swainson as Lam- 

 fornisamethvst{nus{V\.\\o^. Mag,, n. s. L June, 1S27, 442)- Ahhough 

 given in a well-known paper, Swainson's name has been entirely ignored 

 — an unfortunate state of affairs, since L. amethystinus becomes the 

 Vy^^ oi Lampornis through the delayed publication of his 'Zoological 

 Journal' paper (Zool. Journ., HI, Dec. 1827, 358)- Lampornis amethys- 

 tinus will thus become the proper name of the bird now known as 

 Delattria henrici, as well as the type of the genus Lampornis. The 

 genus long known as Lampornis will probably have to be called Anthra- 

 cothorax Boie. - Chas. W. Richmond, Washington. D. C 



Lark Sparrow and Olive-sided Flycatcher in Western Maryland. — 

 Accordincr to a long cherished desire on my part and a wish of Mr. F. C 

 Kirkwood", I went, on July 16 last, to the highest part of Maryland, to 

 Accident, Garrett Co., for ornithological research. The elevation of 

 Accident and contiguous territory is 2600-3000 feet. I had with me 

 Preble's List of Summer Birds of Western Maryland, of which mention 

 was made in the last volume of ' The Auk,' p. 208. I desired to, it possi- 

 ble, extend this list of 100 species. I found very near all the species at 



