Vol. XIX-| General Notes. 285 



1902 



The Yellow-crowned Night Heron at Portland, Me.— I have in my col- 

 lection a handsome adult female specimen of the Yellow-crowned Night 

 Heron {Nvciicorax violaceus) which was shot on April 13, 1901, in Back 

 Cove, Portland, Me. The captor was a boy. He took the bird to Mr. 

 John A. Lord, the taxidermist, bv whom it was mounted. I saw it 

 immediately after it was preserved and also examined its body. Besides 

 this evidence that it was taken here, I have the assurance of Mr. Lord, 

 which alone would be sufficient. I believe the Yellow-crowned Night 

 Heron has never before been recorded from this part of New England.— 

 Henry H. Brock, Portland, Me. 



A Third Maine Specimen of the Little Blue Heron. — Early in April 

 of the current year, 1 received from Mr. Herbert A. Arey of Vinal Haven, 

 Me., a specimen of Ardea ccerulea, to be mounted for Mr. Arey. His 

 letter, dated April 2, 1902, states: "The bird was shot yesterday at the 

 east end of Carver's Pond, Vinalhaven." It was a male, a line specimen 

 in the light phase, and was in good bodily condition ; it would probably 

 have bred had it not strayed from its kind and home. 



The two other Maine records are : A bird in light phase, Scarborough, 

 September, 1881 (Brown, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, VH, p. 123). A female, 

 Popham Beach, May 19, 1901 (Spinney in Swain's editorial, Journ. Maine 

 Orn. Soc, HI, p. 30). — Arthur H. Norton, Westbrooh, Me. 



The King Rail again near Portland, Me.— I have already (Auk, Vol. 

 XIH, p. 79) noted the capture of a specimen of the King Rail {Rallus 

 elegaiis) at the Dyke Marsh, near Portland, Maine. I have since obtained 

 another specimen taken at the same place by Mr. John Whitney. It was 

 brought to me in the flesh and was dissected and mounted by myself. It 

 proved a male in good condition. The date of its capture was December 



17, 1899- . , . ,. 



The King Rail is thus shown to have occurred three tunes ^ in the 



vicinitv of Portland.— Hexry H. Brock, Portland, Me. 



The King Rail in Winter near \A/'ashington, D. C— On January 19, 

 1901, I observed in the Washington Center Market a Red-breasted or 

 King Rail {Rallus elegans) which had been received that day from the 

 sho °e of the Potomac River near Alexandria, Va. I can find no published 

 Avinter record for this species in this vicinity, although it is a regular but 

 uncommon spring and early fall migrant, and may be expected in excep- 

 tionally mild winters like' the present. The local gunners and game 

 dealers call the bird ' King Ortolan ' and ' King Rail.'— Hugh ]SI. Smith, 



Washington., D. C. 

 The Red Phalarope in North Carolina.— INlr. Arthur T. Wayne's note 



in 'The Auk' for July, 1901, XVIII, p. 271, on the Red Phalarope 



1 See Brown, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, Vol. VII, p. 60. 



