7 8 General Notes. [j^"^'' 



sive Rains,' by B. S. Bovvdish. Read by Mr. Stone, in the 

 absence of the author. Remarks followed by Messrs. Stone,. 

 Coggins and Baily. 



The papers of the afternoon session were : ' Some Birds of 

 Northern Chihuahua,' by Dr. W. E. Hughes. 



' Collecting Permits : Their History, Objects and Restrictions,^ 

 by Dr. T. S. Palmer. 



The following papers were read by title : 



' Nesting Habits of Florida Herons,' by A. C. Bent. 



' The Spring Migration of 1903 at Rochester, N. Y.,' by 

 E. H. Eaton. 



' San Clemente Island and its Birds,' by Geo. F. Breninger. 



' A Contribution to the Natural History of the Cuckoo,' by Dr. 

 M. R. Leverson. 



As the concluding paper of the day, Mr. Wm. Dutcher, Chair- 

 man of the Committee on * Protection of North American Birds,' 

 presented the report of his Committee for the previous year. 



The next meeting of the Union will be held in Cambridge, 

 Mass., commencing November 28, 1904. 



The Congress was most successful, the papers presented being 

 of a high order, and the attendance of members larger than ever 

 before. 



Jno. H. Sage, 



Secretary. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



White-winged Scoter in Colorado. — The undersigned takes this chance 

 to record the occurrence of another White-winged Scoter (Oidetnia deg- 

 landi) in Colorado. The bird, a mature female, was given to the writer 

 bj E. L. Bostwick of Denver, who secured the specimen Oct. 11, 1903, at 

 Loveland, Colo. This makes the ninth record, so far as the writer knows, 

 for Colorado. — W. H. Bergtoi.d, Denver, Colo. 



Occurrence of the Knot (7'r/«.o-rt canufus) at San Diego, California. — 

 Three specimens of the Knot, taken by Mr. H. W. Marsden, have recently 



