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as milk, butter, eggs and meat, and finally (3) a distinctly fishy flavor is 

 evident in water, milk and butter under circumstances that preclude its 

 being derived from fishes. I conclude therefore that the occasional so- 

 called fishy bird probably does not taste thus because it has been feeding 

 upon fishes. More probably the flavor of its flesh results from the physio- 

 logical condition of the individual bird. 1 It may be due to by-products of 

 the breaking down of fat, the reserve upon which such an individual has 

 made great drafts, and the process may be similar to what takes place in 

 fishy butter. — W. L. McAtee, Washington, D. C. 



Cinnamon Teal (Querquedula cyanopterd) in North Dakota. — In 



the course of investigations of the wildfowl of North Dakota the writer 

 was fortunate enough to find a pair of Cinnamon Teals {Querquedula 

 cyanoptera) on June 15, 1918, in a slough adjoining Cherry Lake, Kidder 

 County, in the south central part of the State. These birds were in the 

 same pond with a number of Blue-winged Teals; were evidently mated; 

 and were without much doubt breeding in the immediate vicinity. The 

 locality is some three or four miles west of the northern end of Horsehead 

 Lake, which is one of the largest lakes of the immediate region. So far 

 as we are aware there is no other authentic summer record for the Cinna- 

 mon Teal in North Dakota. — Harry C. Oberholser, Washington, D. C. 



White-winged Scoter (Oidemia deglandi) in South Carolina. — A 



mature male of his species was taken by me on January 31, 1918, on the 

 eastern branch of Cooper River. The water was perfectly fresh and no 

 unusual weather conditions existed. The specimen was alone, flying quite 

 low and vigorously. No others have been seen by me either then or at any 

 other time. — E. A. Simons, Charleston, S. C. 



The Specific Name of the Glossy Ibis. — The Glossy Ibis is commonly 

 known scientifically as Plegadis autumnalis (Linnaeus) (Tringa autumnalis 

 Linn^tts, in Hasselquist, Reise Palast., 1762, p. 306. [Egypt]). Since, 

 however, Hasselquist's Reise Palastina is merely a translation of the same 

 book in Latin published prior to 1758, the scientific names it contains are 

 undoubtedly untenable, according to the International Code of Nomen- 

 clature, as interpreted by Opinion 57 of the International Commission on 

 Zoological Nomenclature. If this be satisfactory as a guide for our North 

 American ornithological nomenclature, as we think it should be, we must 

 change the name of the Glossy Ibis from Plegadis autumnalis (Linnaeus) to 

 Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus) ( Tantalus falcinellus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 

 ed. 12, I, 1766, p. 241), as already shown by Mr. G. M. Mathews (Birds of 

 Australia, III, pt. 5, 1914, pp. 396-397). — Harry C. Oberholser, 

 Washington, D. C. 



1 It should be noted that animals in poor order often have a rank taste. 



