Vol. XIX-j General NoUs. 287 



1902 



New Holland, and the description ot which shows that it could not have 

 been Zenaida zenaida. 



In other words, Latham's later reference to additional material has no 

 bearing upon the type of his original Coliimba meridionalis, which is 

 evidently not the Zenaida Dove, and therefore the name meridionaUs 

 cannot legitimately supplant Bonaparte's zenaida. — J. A. Allen, Am. 

 Mus. Nat. Hist., Nexv York City. 



The Bald Eagle in Ohio County, West Virginia. — It is with much 

 pleasure that I send you the first authentic record of the taking of a 

 specimen of the Bald Eagle {Halifeetiis leiicocep/ialus), in Ohio County, 

 West Virginia. The bird was an immature female, in the second year's 

 plumage, which is known as the 'Gray Eagle' stage. It was killed 

 December 27, 1901, on the farm of Mr. Ridgeley Jacob, near Clinton, W. 

 Va., the manner of its capture being unique. Two young sons of Mr. J. 

 S. Duvall, who lives upon the above mentioned farm, were playing in a 

 stream, when one of the youngsters ascending the bank spied the great 

 bird just beyond the crest of the knoll. The child — who was only about 

 ten years of age — instead of running away, boldly picked up a stone and 

 threw it with such telling force and accuracy that he broke the bird's 

 wing. Immediately the raptore faced about and ran at the boy, who fled 

 at its approach, while his brother — two years his junior — succeeded in 

 hitting the pursuing bird in the back of the head and fracturing its skull 

 Avith another stone. The older boy stopped, upon seeing the eagle stag- 

 gering about, and ran back, pounced upon the feathered enemy and held 

 k until life became extinct. The bird weighed nine and a quarter pounds, 

 its length was thirty-nine inches, extent seven feet eight and a half 

 inches. The skin is now in my possession.— Robert Baird McLain, 

 Wheeling, W. Va. 



Nest and Eggs of the Red-shouldered Hawk. — The nest shown in the 

 photograph (PI. IX, fig. i) was in a beech tree about fifty feet from the 

 ground. When about to climb the tree I thought of taking my kodak 

 with me, expecting the bird might come into the tree while I was at the 

 nest, as they sometimes do, and that I could perhaps get a picture of her. 

 When I reached the nest I found that a limb large enough to h,old me ran 

 out from the body of the tree so that I could get about eight feet from 

 the nest, which would, I thought, be far enough to get a picture. I made 

 three exposures, all with the shutter set at ^\^ second, two of which 

 produced very good negatives, the one from which the picture I am send- 

 ing was printed being perhaps a little the better. The nest was about 

 two feet across and the eggs were slightly incubated, as I discovered when 

 blowing them. The set of five eggs is the largest set of eggs of the Red- 

 shouldered Hawk I have ever found in this locality. The picture was 

 taken with a "No. 3 Pocket Kodak de Luxe," which is a very convenient 

 instrument for this kind of work.— Geo. L. Fordyce, Yoitngsto-Mn, Ohio. 



