° 1915 J General Notes. 2i2o 



GENERAL NOTES. 



The Red-throated Loon (Gaoia stellata) at Berwyn, Pa. — A female 

 in winter plumage was taken on a small pond in the vicinity of Berwyn, Pa., 

 by local hunters, November 15, 1911, and presented to me. I believe this 

 is the only record for Chester county. — Frank L. Burns, Berwyn, Pa. 



Mallards Wintering in Saskatchewan. — A number of Mallards have 

 stayed on Wascana Lake, near Regina, all this winter, living in a small 

 space of open water, which is kept open by warm water flowing into the lake 

 from the power house. In December there were 25; on February 7, there 

 were only to be seen 10, and on February 14 only 4. Whether the decrease 

 in numbers was owing to the cold weather or to " poachers " is not yet 

 known. On January 27, it was 48° below zero, the severest cold spell of 

 the winter, and lasted for about four days.— H. H. Mitchell, Regina, 

 Sask. 



European Widgeon in Washington. — I have the pleasure of record- 

 ing the capture of a European Widgeon (Mareca penelope), which I think 

 is the first ever recorded from the state of Washington. It is a young male 

 which has not reached the adult plumage, and was taken by Mr. L. W. 

 Brehm, of Tacoma, Wash. Date of capture January 12, 1915. The local- 

 ity was the Nisqually Flats, Thurston County, Wash. Mr. Brehm in- 

 forms me that there was 'a flight of several thousand Baldpates (Mareca 

 americana), but that he saw no others resembling penelope. — J. H. Bowles, 

 Tacoma, Wash. 



Harlequin Duck in the Glacier National Park, Montana. — I 



was much interested in the note of Mr. Warren on the Harlequin Duck 

 ( Histrionicus histrionicus) in the Glacier National Park (Auk, XXXI, 535). 

 During the past summer, 1914, I spent two weeks in the Park and also 

 observed this species. Five birds were seen on the Upper Two Medicine 

 Lake, August 4 and 5. The evidence goes to show that this species is a 

 regular though not common summer resident of the lakes and streams, not 

 only in the Park itself, but also in other high mountains in this section of 

 Montana. That the species breeds in the Glacier Park is shown by one 

 of the earliest records. Dr. Elliott Coues saw several broods and secured 

 an adult female and three young on Chief Mountain Lake, August 20-22, 

 1874 (Birds of Montana and Dakota along the 49th parallel, p. 653). 

 Chief Mountain Lake is now down on the maps as Waterton Lake. The 

 greater part of it lies in the Park, but its northern end crosses the border 

 into Canada. 



It is of interest to note that Dr. Coues also found a brood of Barrow's 

 Goldeneye (Clangula islandica) at this same time and place and secured 

 young. This species also probably still breeds in the vicinity, but it has 

 not been recently recorded. — Aretas A. Saunders, West Haven, Conn. 



