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GENERAL NOTES. 



Curlew Sandpiper in New Jersey. — On July 29, 1904, a friend shot at 

 Long Beach, Barnegat Baj, N. J., a strange sandpiper. It was forwarded 

 to me, but unfortunately, the weather being exceedingly warm, the bird 

 was spoiled beyond the possibility of skinning when I received it. I 

 recognized it at once as Erolia ferruginea, evidenth' an adult male in full 

 plumage. The rufous color of the breast and throat was very deep and 

 rich. I have never seen any sandpiper, not even of this species, so highly 

 and beautifully colored. I have the specimen preserved in alcohol. — John 

 Lewis Childs, Floral Park, N. Y. 



Occurrence of the Spotted Sandpiper in Kent, England. — It may be of 

 interest to readers of 'The Auk' to learn that two examples, a male and a 

 female, of the Spotted Sandpiper {Totanus fnacularius), were shot in 

 Romney Marsh, Kent, on May 5, 1904. I had the pleasure of handling 

 them in the flesh while they were still in fresh condition. The birds were 

 exhibited at a meeting of the British Ornithologists' Club on May 18, 

 1904 {cf. J. L. Bonhote, Bull. B. O. C, Vol. XIV, pp. 84, 85.)— W. Ruskin 

 BuTTERFiELD, St. Leonards-on-Sea , Etigland. 



Killdeers at Allen's Harbor, R. I. — From August 16, 1904, until Sep- 

 tember II, I stayed at Allen's or Quiduessett Harbor, North Kingston, 

 R. I., five miles east of East Greenwich. There I found in an open closely 

 cattle-cropped field a flock of about a dozen Killdeers {Oxyechus vociferus). 

 They inhabited this field where doubtless they bred, making frequent 

 visits to the salt marshes about the harbor. Mourning Doves were com- 

 mon with them, visiting the cornfields instead of the marshes. A trust- 

 worthy farmer tells me that they have bred in the pasture for years 

 commonly. He has often seen their young. — Reginald Heber Howe, 

 Jr., Concord, A/ass. 



Note on the Generic Names Bellona, Orthorhynchus, Chrysolampis, 

 and Eulampis. — Belloiia Mulsant and Verreaux (Mem. Cherb. XII, 1S66, 

 219) is preoccupied by Bellona Reichenbach (Natlirl. S3st. Vogel, 1852, 

 p. xxx) for a fossil. It may be renamed Microlyssa, with Trochilus 

 exilis Gmelin as the type. Orthorhynchus Lacepfede (Tabl. Oiseaux, 1799, 

 9) which has sometimes been used for the above genus cannot stand, as 

 no type was specified by the author and the diagnosis is not diagnostic. 

 Froriep (Dumeril's Analyt. Zool. 1806, 47) gives Trochilus viinttnus 

 and mosquitus of Linnaeus under the genus Orthorhynchus and is appar- 

 ently the first author to include any species under this term, though the 

 name had previously been used by several authors. If we take Trochilus 

 minimus Linn, as the type of Brisson's genus Mellisuga it would leave 

 Trochilus tnosquitus Linn, as the type of Orthorhynchus. 



