4 I 4 General Notes. [£»* 



In the last mentioned work, on page 132, may be found a statement that 

 "some species of gvrfalcon has been credited to the fauna of Wisconsin 

 in an early day, a thing by no means impossible or unlikely ; but there 

 is no actual record obtainable at present." Further it states there was 

 one at Oshkosh, said to have been killed near Lake Winnebago. We 

 have no intimation what became of this specimen nor any prooj "that it 

 even was a gvrfalcon. 



In view of these facts I do not hesitate to say that my bird constitutes 

 the first actual record for Wisconsin. — W. E. Snyder, Beaver Dam, 

 Wis. 



Northern Pileated Woodpecker in Massachusetts. — During a trip to 

 the Berkshire Hills early in June for the purpose of seeing birds of that 

 region, while walking up Greylock on the morning of June 7, 1905, we 

 heard the harsh call of the Northern Pileated Woodpecker (Ceop/ilwus 

 pileatus abieticola). The bird flew over the road and settled on a large 

 dead tree trunk at quite a distance, where, guided by his hammering, we 

 found a fine male at work three feet from the ground. We had good 

 views of him then at close range and as he flew away. I was very glad 

 that this beautiful woodpecker of the wild forests should still remain a 

 i-esident of Massachusetts. — Lidian E. Bridge, West Medford, Mass. 



A Rare Plumage of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campefihilus prin- 

 cipalis). — A superb specimen of this magnificent woodpecker, which I 

 obtained on February 19, 1894, in Jefferson County, Florida, has the ends 

 of all the longer primaries (except the 3d and 4th) pure white. This 

 specimen is an adult male in very high nuptial plumage, and is No. 3002 

 of my register. An adult female, which also was taken in Jefferson 

 County, closely resembles the above male in the peculiar pattern of the 

 primaries. 



From a series of many specimens that I collected in different parts of 

 Florida in the years 1892, 1893, and 1S94, the two birds above described 

 are the only ones, as far as I can recall, that were marked peculiarly as 

 regards the longer primaries. — Arthur T. Wayne, Mount Pleasant, 

 S. C. 



The Prairie Horned Lark (Otocoris alpestris praticola) on Mount 

 Washington, N. H. — I have lately spent thirteen days (July 7-19, 1905) 

 at the summit of Mount Washington, where I was surprised to find two 

 Prairie Horned Larks at home in or near what is known as the Cow Pas- 

 ture, a comparatively level, sedgy, boulder-besprinkled place far above the 

 tree line. One or both of the birds was seen and heard daily (usually twice 

 a day — forenoon and afternoon) up to the 16th. On two occasions one 

 was seen with its mandibles loaded with what seemed to be insects, and 

 in general their behavior was such as to make it all but certain that they 

 were breeding near by; but all my attempts to find the nest were unsuc- 



