o02i General Notes. [April 



would appear in a mountain ash tree or hedge of barberry or high bush 

 cranberries, and stay several days, until every berry was eaten. Mr. 

 Charles Douglas, of Waukegan, also reports several flocks there, and 

 many were seen later in December by Mr. Stoddard among the sanddunes 

 near Gary, N. W. Indiana. This is a rare bird here, and it is the first 

 time I have ever seen it alive. — Henry K. Coale, Highland Park, III. 



The Yellow-Throated Warbler in Central New York. — A Correc- 

 tion. — Mr. J. T. Nichols has kindly called my attention to an omission 

 in my note (Oct., 1919, pp. 580, 581, The Auk, XXXVI) on this species. 

 The date of the record is missing. It should be May 23, 1919, and the 

 phrase "he replied" should appear "I replied." — A. H. Wright, Cornell 

 University, Ithaca, N. Y. 



The Louisiana Water-Thrush Breeding at Graniteville, Aiken 

 County, South Carolina. — I am indebted to Misses Marion Jay Pellew 

 and Louise Petigru Ford for the privilege of announcing the breeding of 

 the above species at Graniteville, S. C. These ladies observed three 

 young birds being fed by their parents during the early part of May, 1919. 

 About ten years ago Mr. B. F. Taylor, of Columbia, S. C, found a nest 

 containing eggs and the bird setting near Columbia. This breeding of 

 the Louisiana Water-Thrush in the Lower Austral life zone is certainly 

 surprising because Mr. Leverett Mills Loomis during all the years he 

 spent at Chester, S. C, studying birds found this species a very rare 

 migrant, and did not detect it breeding. In 'The Auk' (Vol. VIII, 1891, 

 p. 172) Mr. Loomis has the following: "This species has been taken 

 only upon three occasions, viz., Aug. 10, 1887; July 25 and 31, 1888." 

 Chester is certainly in, or very near, the Upper Austral life zone. — Ar- 

 thur T. Wayne, Mt. Pleasant, S. C. 



Elminia Bonaparte Preoccupied. — The genus of Muscicapidae 

 hitherto known as Elminia Bonaparte (Compt. Rend. Sci. Nat., XXXVIII, 

 1854, pp. 388, 652; type, Myiagra longicauda Swainson) is apparently 

 in need of a new name. It is invalidated by Elminius King (Zool. Journ., 

 V, 1831, p. 334) for a genus of Crustacea. As it appears to have no 

 other name, it may stand as Erannornis (zpavvoq, delicatus; opvtq, avis) 

 nom. nov., with Myiagra longicauda Swainson as type. The species 

 referable to this generic group are as follows: 



Erannornis longicauda (Swainson). 



Erannornis teresita (Antinori). 



Erannornis schwebischi (Ouslalet). 



Erannornis albicauda (Bocage). — Harry C. Oberholser, Washington, 

 D.C. 



