292 General Notes. [^^"l^ 



The Louisiana Water-Thrush (Sei'urus motacilla) near Boston. — On 

 the morning of April 13, 1902, 1 found a Louisiana Water-Thrush feeding 

 about the edge of a pool of water near my house in Wellesley, Mass. He 

 remained there for at least ten days, being last seen on the 22d. At first 

 he sang with great constancy, though hardly with full voice, but after a 

 few days he fell silent, as if (so I thought) he had discovered that he was 

 out of his latitude, and was becoming discouraged. As I determined his 

 identity with the aid of nothing but a field-glass I am pleased to be 

 permitted to add, by way of confirmation, that he was seen on three 

 occasions by Mr. C. J. Maynard. To the best of my knowledge the 

 species has never before been recorded from eastern Massachusetts. — 

 Bradford Torrey, Wellesley Hills, Mass. 



Seiurus motacilla in Eastern Massachusetts. — On May 21, 1902, Messrs. 

 Francis G. and Maurice C Blake of Brookline observed a single bird on 

 the north bank of the Charles River, above Waltham. The bird was 

 watched from within a few feet and there is no doubt of its correct identi- 

 fication. — Reginald Heber Howe, Jr., Long-wood, Brookline, Mass. 



The Carolina Wren in Eastern Massachusetts. — On May 4, 1902, I 

 found a Great Carolina Wren {Thryothorns liidovicianus) in an orchard in 

 Belmont, Mass. The bird was singing freely. The people in the house 

 near by said that they had heard him about the place for three or four days. 

 Since May 4 1 have neither seen nor heard the bird. According to Messrs. 

 Howe and Allen, ' Birds of Massachusetts,' p. 92, this is the seventh record 

 of this bird for the State, and the only record for the spring. — Ralph 

 Hoffmann, Belmojit, Mass. < 



A Mockingbird near Boston. — I observed a Mockingbird {Mimus 

 folyglottos) at Roslindale, a suburb of Boston, March 23 of this year. I 

 had learned of the bird's presence through Mrs. S. Stevens of Roslindale, 

 who saw him first Feb. 27 and afterward several times during March. 

 She last observed the bird March 27. When I saw him he was in full 

 song and mocked with varying degrees of accuracy, the songs of the 

 Bluebird, Robin, White-eyed Vireo and Bobolink, the long call of the 

 Downy Woodpecker, and the ivick-up call or song of the Flicker. I 

 detected no hint of any domestic sound in his mimicking, and this, together 

 with the fact that his tail-feathers were in perfect condition, suggest that 

 he was a wild bird and not an escaped captive. This Mockingbird was 

 very likely the same as the one observed on several different dates and in 

 localities at some little distance from this by Dr. A. L. Reagh. — Francis 

 H. Allen, West Roxbury, Mass. 



The Catbird again in Rhode Island in Winter. — Noticing the record- 

 ing of Galeoscoptes carolinensis in Massachusetts and New Hampshire in 

 winter (Auk, XIX, April, 1902, p. 20S), it may be of interest to report that I 



