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Corthylio calendula calendula (Linnaeus). 



" " cineraceus (Grinnell). 



" " grinnelli (Palmer). 



" obscurus (Ridgway). 

 W. DeW. Miller, Amer. Museum of Natural History, New York City. 



A Note on the Migration at Sea of Shore Birds and Swallows. — 



The following notes, made during the cruise of the whaler Daisy in 1912, 

 throw a little light on the oceanic routes sometimes followed by migrating 

 shore birds and swallows. It is quite probable that the recorded positions, 

 which lie well to the eastward of Bermuda, are not in the normal tracks of 

 the North American species mentioned. The month of August, 1912, was, 

 however, prevailingly calm in the western temperate Atlantic, and the 

 possibility of migrants having been blown out of their courses would seem 

 to be limited to the effects of local storms. 



Ereunetes pusillus. On August 16, in lat. 31° 22' N., long. 60° 14' W. 

 a sandpiper of this species flew around the vessel, not daring to alight. 

 After circling for some minutes near the water it mounted higher and 

 higher until it was flying about the topmast heads. When it had gone off 

 the sailors told me that several of " the same kind " had been standing on 

 the Daisy's bowsprit (!) during the morning. 



Pisobia maculata (?) August 23, lat. 32° 20' N., long. 50° 35' W. Late 

 in the afternoon a sandpiper was observed. It circled the brig for an hour, 

 without coming very near, and settled into the water for several brief rests. 

 Finally, I saw it perch upon our bowsprit, but it left almost immediately. 

 I believe that the bird was a Pectoral Sandpiper, but am not quite positive. 



Hirundo erythrogaster. August 17, lat. 31° 31' N., long. 58° 40' W. Four 

 Barn Swallows joined us at noon and perched in the rigging while they 

 preened their feathers thoroughly. At seven in the evening half a dozen 

 were sitting along the royal brace, with others flying pathetically around 

 the brig, evidently puzzled, and doubtless hungry. Next morning, and 

 throughout the day (Aug. 18), several were with us, one of which sat for its 

 photograph within a yard of the camera. 



Hirundo rustica. European Barn Swallows twice came on board, the 

 first time on September 15, thirty miles west of St. Antao, C. V. I., and again 

 on September 29, in lat. 8° 16' N., long. 24° 25' W. The former bird was 

 collected. — Robert Cushman Murpht, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Rare Birds near Waynesburg, Pa. — Waynesburg College recently 

 secured for use in its bird course a small collection of mounted birds taken 

 in this region some fifteen years since. Two specimens among them are 

 particularly interesting in that they have rarely, if ever, been recorded from 

 this section of the State. They are : Yellow-crowned Night Heron ( Nycta- 

 nassa violacea) and Bald Eagle (Halioeetus leucocephalus leucocephalus) . 

 The former was collected on Ten Mile Creek and the latter on a farm near 

 Waynesburg, Pa. In the latter part of April, 1907, I captured an injured 



