424 General Notes. [^ 



The Range of the Short-tailed Mountain Chickadee (Penthestes 

 gambeli abbreviates Grinnell).— The form of Penthestes gambeli recently 

 described by Dr. Joseph Grinnell (Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool., XVII, No. 17, 

 May 4, 1918, p. 510) as Penthestes gambeli abbreviatus is an excellent sub- 

 species. The range given by its describer is " The higher mountains of 

 central and northern California, southern Oregon, (probably this sub- 

 species), and northwestern Nevada." To this we are able so greatly to 

 add from material in the Biological Survey collection, that it seems worth 

 while to put on available record for the benefit of those who may have 

 occasion to use the information, a statement of the geographic distribution 

 of Penthestes gambeli abbreviatus, so far as now known. This subspecies 

 breeds and doubtless is a permanent resident north to Thudade Lake in 

 northern British Columbia; west to central British Columbia, western 

 Washington, western Oregon, and central northern California; south to 

 Mt. Whitney in central eastern California; and east to northeastern Cali- 

 fornia, northwestern Nevada, Lardo and Dickey in central Idaho, and 

 Smoky River and the vicinity of Henry House in central western Alberta. — 

 Harry C. Oberholser, Washington, D. C. 



Note on Audubon's Labrador Trip. — Mr. James White, assistant 

 to the chairman of the Canadian Commission of Conservation writes me 

 in connection with the meeting between Audubon and Bayfield, that some 

 twelve years ago he had located Capt. Bayfield's Journals of the Surveys 

 in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in the possession of the Captain's son in 

 Vancouver, B. C. They were later presented to the Canadian Archives 

 and Mr. White had the following extract copied. Opposite the first 

 entry were the names of the Audubon party as follows : 

 Mr. J. J. Audubon, Senior 

 Mr. J. W. Audubon, junior, his son 

 Mr. Thos. Lincoln, Maine 

 Mr. Josh Cooledge, mate of the Ripley 

 Mr. Geo. G. Shattuck, Boston medical student 

 Mr. Willm. Ingall, Medical student 

 Mr. Emery, Master of the Ripley 

 22d June, 1833.— Light breezes S. E. with rain. At 3.30 A. M. Tacked 

 and stood in to the E. N. E. & N. E. sounding, — At 

 6 saw the land but could not make it out for some time 

 on ace* of the rain. At 7 perceived that it was Little 

 Natashquam — several schooners at anchor inside the 

 rocks made signal for a Pilot with a Gun — At 7.30 

 the Master of the Shelburne (Phillips) of Liverpool near 

 Halifax came onboard and took us in for which I paid 

 him 20s Cur: Found 6 american Schooners belonging 

 to East Port in the State of Main all belonging to one 

 person who is here with them. We also found another 

 American Schooner here the Ripley of Eastport employed 



