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neus. We do not see, therefore, how Archibuteo ferrugineus can be separ- 

 able, even subgenerically, from Archibuteo lagopus; or Archibuteo lagopus 

 and Archibuteo ferrugineus generically from Buteo. 



The two species of Archibuteo seem, however, to constitute an excellent 

 case for the employment of a subgenus, since they show structural char- 

 acters connected by intermediates, which is our idea of a subgeneric group. 

 Certainly we can not consistently longer consider the Rough-legged Hawks 

 generically distinct. Their names herafter should, therefore, be 



Buteo lagopus lagopus (Briinnich). 



Buteo lagopus sanctijohannis (Gmelin). 



Buteo ferrugineus (Lichtenstein). 



Harry C. Oberholser, Washington, D. C. 



Golden Eagle at East Moriches, N. Y. — A Golden Eagle (Aquila 

 chrysaetos) visited East Moriches, Long Island, N. Y., on February 7, 1919. 

 He raided a flock of hens and took one to a telegraph pole where he ate it. 

 On February 10, what I believe to have been the same bird was seen by 

 Mr. Henry D. Terry. I have no report of a previous visit here of this 

 rare bird within the past fifty years. From memory and associated events 

 it was just about fifty years ago that Jonathan Robinson shot one in 

 Manorville, four miles north of this village and my father bought it and 

 sent it to Fulton Market, New York City, for sale. 



The Bald Eagle is a resident here and a pair nested for many years on 

 an old dead pine tree about a mile from the village. — Horace M. Raynor, 

 East Moriches, N. Y. 



Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker at Southampton, Mass. — The 



article in the ' General Notes ' of the January number of ' The Auk ' on the 

 Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus) prompts me to record 

 one observed recently near Southampton, Mass. 



Together with a companion on Lincoln's birthday, I went to find this 

 rare Woodpecker which had been reported in November and December as 

 having always been found in a rather extensive patch of white pine that 

 had been burned over the preceding spring. We succeeded in locating 

 him after a fifteen mile automobile drive over dusty roads that usually 

 at this time of year are buried under a foot or two of snow. This winter 

 is remarkable also for an unusual number of Hairy Woodpeckers, of which 

 we noticed nearly a dozen, with half as many Downies. My companion 

 at length located the Arctic by the tapping sound characteristic of Wood- 

 peckers. But the beat was not as regular as that of the above mentioned 

 species and somewhat slower. 



The bird allowed us to approach to the very tree in which he was at work, 

 so that an excellent observation was obtained. The sides we noted instead 

 of being pure white, as in the adult spring plumage, were a dull gray color 

 with small black bars. Whether this is an immature marking or winter 



