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An Additional Note on the Genus Macrorhamphus. — It is well to 

 remember in connection with the breeding range of M. ffrtseus given in 

 my recent paper on this genus (Auk, XVIII, pp. 157-162), that in ' Fauna 

 Boreali-Americana,' Swainson and Richardson state that the species breeds 

 from the shores of Lake Superior northward, a fact Avhich at that time 

 was probably true. I am also lately in receipt of, and here permitted to 

 record, two young specimens of M. g. scolopaceus (Nos. 167026, 167027 U. 

 S. Nat. Mus.) through the kindness of Mr. Edward A. Preble. They were 

 taken by him at Button Bay, near Fort Churchill, Hudson Bay, on July 

 31, 1900. The Dowitchers were, he writes me, " abundant in the pools on 

 grassy tundra," and were moving southward. The fact of their presence 

 in such numbers would go to show that this subspecies, after breeding, 

 ranges over the country eastward to the shore of Hudson Bay before 

 migrating, or even perhaps breeds as far east as this point. It is, I think, 

 not improbable that the extreme eastern limit of their breeding range will 

 prove to be Hudson Bay rather than the iioth meridian, and that M. griseus 

 in the breeding season is confined to the east and north of the Bay. In 

 any case the occurrence of this form near Button Bay explains why they 

 not uncommonly reach the Atlantic coast on migrations. — Reginald 

 Heber Howe, Jr., Lottgzvood, Mass. 



Tringa solitarius cinnamomeus — A Correction. — In the 'Preliminary 

 List of the Birds of Okanpogan County, Washington ' (Auk, Vol. XIV, 

 1897, p. 172), an entry was incorrectly made under this head. The 

 note should refer to the Spotted Sandpiper (Aciiiis macularia). — W. 

 Leon Dawson, Colutnbus., O. 



European Lapwing in the Bahamas. — A Lapwing ( Vanellus vanelltis) 

 was shot on Hog Island, Bahamas, B. W. I., in November, 1900; it was 

 obtained from the shooter by Mr. H. H. Thompson of Nassau and sent 

 to me for identification. The bird is in fairly good plumage; the prima- 

 ries are not in any way worn. An Indian winter specimen in my collec- 

 tion is indentical in plumage. -—J. H. Fleming, Toronto, Ontario. 



Nesting of the Hairy Woodpecker near Washington, D. C. — A nest 

 of the Hairy Woodpecker {Dryobates vtllosiis) was examined by Mr. 

 Edward J. Court and myself, near Mount Pleasant, Washington, D. C, 

 April 9, 1900. It was situated in a cavity of an oak tree, some thirty-five 

 feet up, and even at this early date contained five young, just hatched. 

 The parent birds were present and were positively identified. The young 

 were taken and preserved in formalin by Mr. Court and are still in his 

 collection. 



As instances of the breeding of this species in the District of Colum- 

 bia are rare, this may be worthy of record. — John W. Daniel, Jr., 

 Lynchburg, Va. 



