588 General Notes. [o" t k 



Butorides v. virescens. Green Heron. — Arrived April 2. 



Meleagris gallopavo silvestris. Wild Turkey. — This noble bird 

 still persists in the "gum " swamps along Lake Iamonia. A roost of about 

 fifteen birds on an island in the lake was one of our proudest possessions. 

 Last autumn some strangers visited the island and were reported to have 

 " cleaned out " the roost. A single hen was, however, detected on April 3 

 in the old locality. 



Phloeotomus p. pileatus. Pileated Woodpecker. — A pair of these 

 fine birds was located on an island in the lake. The first I have ever found. 



195. Corvus ossifragus. Fish Crow.— Quite by chance I noticed 

 recently for the first time that Mr. Williams does not list the Fish Crow. 

 It is an abundant resident of the shores and islands of Lake Iamonia, though 

 I have never seen it a quarter of a mile from the lake, nor around any of 

 the other lakes in the county. 



Molothrus a. ater. Cowbird. — Williams states that this bird has 

 mysteriously disappeared from the county since 1893. I certainly had 

 never been able to find it in recent years, so was correspondingly gratified 

 to see a flock of five birds in an old pasture on the southern outskirts of 

 Tallahassee on March 27. 



196. Melospiza 1. lincolni. Lincoln's Sparrow. — The morning of 

 March 26 was cloudy, with a strong east wind. Few birds were found in 

 the early morning, so about 10 a.m. I started to wander aimlessly inland 

 through the fields and pine woods. While ascending a hillside covered 

 with broom grass, a sparrow was flushed from the ground, and flew with a 

 quick, jerky flight to a bare little oak tree, where it perched absolutely 

 motionless about fifteen feet away, and three feet from the ground. It was 

 pure habit that made me glance at it through my prism glasses, and I was 

 surely astounded to get the finest view of a Lincoln's Sparrow I ever had. 

 None that I had previously seen acted in so accommodating a manner, 

 suggesting a thrush or a Connecticut Warbler. Perhaps the balmy air of 

 Florida had served to relax its almost preternatural shyness. For fully 

 five minutes we faced each other motionless, but at the first cautious for- 

 ward step of mine, away it darted, nor was I particularly surprised not to 

 be able to find it again. Unfortunately the early morning had been so 

 poor that I had left my collecting pistol behind. Let the incident point a 

 moral and adorn a tale. There is no published record of the occurrence 

 of this sparrow in Florida, that I can find. In answer to an inquiry of 

 mine, Mr. Oberholser has most kindly written that the Biological Survey 

 has no record either, but has a MS. record of one bird seen. 



Vireosylva olivacea. Red-eyed Vireo. — Two birds seen April 3. 



Protonotaria citrea. Prothonotary Warbler. — A single bird 

 April 3. 



Vermivora c. celata. Orange-crowned Warbler. — This species is a 

 regular winter resident in small numbers. One seen March 26, and another 

 April 3. It should, of course, be found much beyond this date. 



Dendroica d. dominica. Yellow-throated Warbler. — Arrived 

 April 2. 



