112 General Notes. \j^^ 



growth which where it encroaches upon the pines makes a dense and 

 well-shaded woods. 



Early in the morning we would invariably find several Hermit Thrushes 

 near the springs. Soon, however, they would retire to the deep woods 

 whence we could hear their songs until late in the afternoon. 



During each of the following summers I have made many trips to this 

 locality, the earliest and latest dates being June 24 and September 27. Of 

 all the days spent there I can only recall one instance, a dark cloudy day 

 late in August, upon which I neither heard nor saw a Hermit Thrush. 



Although the writer has never found a nest he has seen the young birds 

 repeatedly and feels quite confident that at least three pairs nested there 

 during the past summer. 



So far my experience leads me to believe that this " boreal island," occu- 

 pying less than one square mile, is the only spot where the Hermit Thrush 

 nests on Martha's Vineyard. — Herbert L. Coggins, Ge}-mantpwn, Pa. 



Notes from Ontario. — In 'The Auk' for October, 1898, I reported the 

 finding of the nest and eggs of the Solitary Sandpiper {Totamis solitai-ius) 

 on Simcoe Island, Ontario. Since that time careful inquiry has revealed 

 the fact that this bird is a constant summer resident about Kingston, and 

 that it breeds pretty regularly is probable. This summer I spent a month 

 (August) on the Petewawa River, a hundred and fifty miles north of 

 Kingston. This river runs through an uninhabited district and rises in 

 Algonquin Park, which is reserved by the Ontario Government for the 

 protection of game. The whole of the southern branch of the Petewawa 

 was investigated, and nearly everywhere the Solitary Sandpiper was 

 encountered, singly, and in small flocks, the flocks consisting invariably 

 of two parent birds and this season's young. On the 4th of August the 

 j'oung were more than half grown, and able to fly well. Although the 

 Sandpipers were so easily approached in this unfrequented district, that 

 it was a simple matter to identify them, still in order to leave no doubt, a 

 specimen (adult) was taken from one of the flocks. No Spotted Sand- 

 pipers were seen. 



The Petewawa district is extremely rich in Warblers, many of the rarer 

 ones undoubtedly breeding there, but among the common birds it was 

 interesting to find the Maryland Yellow-throat. A brood of Hermit 

 Thrushes was seen, and the Gi"eat Horned Owl was extremely common. 



Near Renfrew, ninety miles north of Kingston, Bartramian Sandpipers 

 [Bartramia lonfficauda) were noted in the fields. I have now traced this 

 bird in Eastern Ontario over a region nearly a hundred miles square. 

 — C. K. Clarke, M. D., Rock-wood Hospital., Kingston, Ontario. 



Two Interesting Records from New Mexico. — During the fall while 

 collecting about Albuquerque, N. M., two birds new to the fauna of the 

 Territory have come before the writer's notice, accounts of which doubt- 

 less are of interest. 



