2 I O General Notes. ^^ 



Aquila chrysaetos. Golden Eagle. — An adult male of this species 

 was shot in Eton County on August 12. Although not a new bird for 

 this locality, it is so rare that I believe it worth recording. This speci- 

 men is in the collection of Mr. Charles Freiburger of this city. 



Strix pratincola. American Barn Owl. — This species is exceedingly 

 rare in all parts of Michigan. I have, however, two records which have 

 never been given before, one of a female shot near the marshes at the 

 lower end of the Detroit River, now in the possession of Mr. C. R. 

 Champion, a taxidermist. The other is a male in the possession of Mr. 

 L. J. Eppinger of this city, also a taxidermist. The latter specimen was 

 shot at Port Mouillee on Oct. 29. 



Nyctala acadia. Saw-whet Owl. — An adult male of this species was 

 shot and given to me by a farmer in Grosse Point Township on Dec. 26. 

 As I can find no previous record of this species I believe it new for Wayne 

 County, the nearest record which I can find being a set of eggs recoided 

 by Dr. W. C. Brownell (O. & O., Vol. XVI, p. 22) taken in Oakland 

 County by W. A. Davison of this city. This skin is in my collection. 



Nyctea nyctea. Snowy Owl. — ^This rare owl has been commoner in 

 southern Michigan this winter than it has been in the past ten years, 

 local taxidermists having received about fifteen. — Alex. W. Blain, Jr., 

 Detroit, Mich. 



Bird Notes from Long Island, N. Y. — Seiurus motacilla. At Cold 

 Spring Harbor, Api'il 13, 1901, I secured a fine male Louisiana Water 

 Thrush. The specimen is now in the collection of the Museum of the 

 Brooklyn Institute. 



Seiurus noveboracensis. A pair of Water Thrushes made their home 

 during the past summer about the lower pond at Cold Spring Harbor. I 

 saw them every week or two for the entire summer but cannot be positive 

 that they nested there, although on one occasion (June 15) I felt sure that 

 I saw them carrying nesting material. They were at all times very shy 

 and wild. 



Vireo philadelphicus. September 14, 1900, I secured a specimen of this 

 rare bird (for Long Island). It Avas one of the hurrying throng of 

 thousands of migrants seen on that morning and was not recognized until 

 later in the day when it was made up into a skin. The specimen is now 

 in the collection of the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute. 



Geothlypis agilis. The Connecticut Warbler was imusually abundant 

 during the latter part of September, 1900, in the vicinity of Jamaica South. 

 Ten specimens were taken by the writer and many were seen. — Geo. K. 

 Cherrie, Museum of the Broohlyn Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Winter Notes from Louisiana. — Observation during the winter 

 months at New Iberia, Louisiana, has shown that there are some substan- 

 tial differences between the winter avifauna there and that at New Orleans. 

 New Iberia is 125 miles west of New Orleans, and is in a section of the 



