566 General Notes. [oc t k 



This is the first record I have of the occurrence of this species in Utah. 

 Wendover is close to the Nevada line in the midst of an arid region. — 

 Claude T. Barnes, Salt Lake City, Utah. 



Roseate Spoonbill in North Carolina. — On April 17, 1919, Edward 

 Fleisher wrote of having seen a Roseate Spoonbill on Smith's Island, located 

 at the mouth of Cape Fear River, North Carolina. He wrote: " I had a 

 perfect study of it with my field glass in my hand and my heart in my 

 mouth." 



Mr. Fleisher's home is in Brooklyn, New York, and his ornithological 

 studies are well known to many. — T. Gilbert Pearson, New York City. 



Growth of a Young Killdeer (Oxyechus v. vociferus). — Last summer, as 

 usual, a pair of Killdeers nested in the old familiar pasture near my home. 

 Efforts at rinding the nest were fruitless, but on July 21 a young one was 

 finally discovered, which became subsequently an object of much interest. 

 During the next few weeks, through a series of harmless captures which 

 were as surprising to me as to the captive, because with each liberation I 

 never expected to see it again, I came into possession of the interesting 

 figures which indicate the growth of the little one during the period of a 

 month. 



On August 4 the primary wing feathers were sprouted, but still in the 

 sheath. On the last date which I examined it — August 18 — these were well 

 developed and the young able to fly short distances. The tail down was 

 also largely replaced by fine feathers, as was also that of the remainder of 

 the body. 



Growth measurements of a young Killdeer taken in millimetres: 



Mating " Song " of the Piping Plover. — April 1, 1917, was a fine 

 warm and sunny spring-like morning on Plymouth Beach. There were 

 quite a number of Piping Plovers {JEgialitis meloda). They were pattering 

 around up and down the beach, and many seemed to be laboring under 

 some excitement. They were not a flock, as such, but seemed to be birds 

 drawn together by a common mating instinct. Some were apparently 

 paired and others were as apparently pairing. I noticed a group of three, 

 two of which chased each other around just like two male Robins fighting 

 over a female. Some flew around rather low over the beach (some of them 

 rather close to me), in apparent sexual excitement, and uttered notes while 



