Vol. XVI II 

 1901 



J General Notes. IQ^ 



associated before thej left for the South. Mr. W. H. Hoyt tells me that 

 three Starlings have been taken recently from a flock that is spending the 

 winter on Noroton Hill, near Stamford. — Louis B. Bishop, M. D., Neiv 

 Haven, Conn. 



Snow Bunting at Sea. — About noon on November 17, 1900, a Snow 

 Bunting {Plectrophenax nivalis) was observed at sea bj Mr. Paul du 

 Chaillu and myself, on board the American line steamer ' New York.' 

 The bird approached from a southwesterly direction and alighted in the 

 rigging, flying in a rather labored manner. The vessel was then 260 

 miles east of Sandj' Hook and 50 miles distant from the eastern end of 

 Nantucket, the nearest land. The weather was fair. — Hugh M. Smith, 

 M. D., Washing/on, D. C. 



Montana Redpolls. — A small series of Redpolls collected by Mr. Charles 

 T. Hodges at Miles City and Fort Keogh, Montana, during the winter of 

 1S99-1900 has come recently into my possession. The majority are 

 specimens of Acanthis linaria, but there are three skins of A. I. rostrata, 

 two of ^. /. /lolbcellii^ and two of A. hornemannii exilipes. 



The Greater Redpoll was taken on March i and 6, the Holboell's (which 

 Prof. Ridgwav has examined) on March 2, and the Hoary, on February 

 26 and March 12. I can tind previous records for only Acanthis linaria 

 from Montana. — Louis B. Bishop, M. D., Nezv Haven, Conn. 



Acanthis linaria rostrata and Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus in Con- 

 necticut. — In a small collection of bird skins given me some time ago by 

 Dr. W. H. Hotchkiss of this city I find two skins of the Greater Redpoll. 

 They were taken by Dr. Hotchkiss near New Haven on December 17, 187S, 

 and are, I believe, the only specimens of this subspecies so far. recorded 

 from Connecticut. 



In the saine collection was an unlabelled skin of a female Yellow-headed 

 Blackbird, which Dr. Hotchkiss told me he was certain was shot near New 

 Haven in June, 1878. In this connection it may be w-ell to report that 

 another female of this species was taken on Monomoy Island, Mass., Sep- 

 tember S, 1897, by Mr. W. B. Revere, and given to me while in the flesh. — 

 Louis B. Bishop, M. D., Nezv Haven, Conn. 



Deformity of Maxilla in the House Sparrow. — The accompanying illus- 

 trations show the overgrowth of maxilla after loss of mandible in a male 

 Passer domesticus. The photograph was taken by Mr. A. H. Verrill, who 

 shot the bird in his yai-d in New Haven, December 10, 1900, and brought it 

 to me in the flesh. 



The culmen measures .60 inch from nostril against an average of .39 

 inch in five norma! males of this species. The maxilla measures .16 inch 

 in depth at tip on the right side, but had been worn off on the left where 

 all that was left of the mandible approached it. The normal outer cov- 



