130 General Notes. [jan. 

 The measurements of the specimens in inches were as follows: 



Length Wing Tarsus Bill 



Adult (?) 9 6i 2| i fV 



" (?) 9 6|- 3 1 r % 



" (?) 9 61 2f i ft 



Juv.No.I cf 5f 2* 1 I 



Juv. No. II <? 5i i I 



Juv.No.III 9 5 1 T¥ 



John Williams, 5f. Marks, Florida. 



Purple Gallinule in North Carolina. — A young Purple Gallinule 

 (Ionornis martinicus) was shot by me at Currituck Sound, N. C, on 

 November 12, 1919, sex undetermined. The record seems worthy of pub- 

 lication since there are only two previous records for the State. 



The specimen was identified by Newbold T. Lawrence Esq. and Mr. 

 Thomas Rowland and confirmed by my examination of skins in the col- 

 lection of Dr. J. Dwight at the American Museum of Natural History. — 

 H. F. Stone, 29 East 8Srd. St., New York, N. Y. 



Breeding of the Mourning Dove in Maine. — On June 8, 1919, while 

 in York County, Maine, not more than a mile from the New Hampshire 

 border at East Rochester, four doves were seen and we were shown a nest 

 in a small white pine grove, from which the young were said to have already 

 flown, though two of our birds flew from the grove as we approached. The 

 Mourning Dove is considered a very rare breeder in southwestern Maine, 

 and as there seem to be very few definite records, our observation seems 

 worthy of note. 



Incidentally these birds had been reported as Passenger Pigeons by the 

 local observers, one of whom was said to be an old pigeon-hunter. No 

 reports we have ever seen were so plausible or circumstantial, nor could 

 we have encountered greater certainty in our correspondents. The old 

 pigeon-hunter, in fact, did not credit our identification of these birds as 

 doves. In view of the numerous reports of Wild Pigeons, most of which 

 are never follow cd up, we think that our experience is of interest. — W. deW. 

 Miller and Ludlow Griscom, America)) Museum, of Natural History, 

 New Ycrlc City. 



The Status cf Harlan's Hawk in Colorado. — Harlan's Hawk (Buleo 

 b. harlani) was first officially recorded for Colorado by Mr. Robert Ridgway 

 in 1885 (Auk, II, 1885, p. 165) although he had previously referred to the 

 specimen in 1882 on page 252 of Vol. I, of the same journal, when he called 

 attention to the possible identity of Buteo coo-peri and B. b. harlani. This 

 specimen he recorded as taken by C. E. H. Aiken near Colorado Springs, 

 Colorado, without exact date. 



