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first record of the occurrence of the species so far north, the other record 
being the specimen recorded from Maryland by Mr. Figgins. 
I have recently learned that the species is a common summer resident 
in Albermarle County, Va., where Mr. Rufus Barringer, of Charlottes- 
ville, took several birds and their nests and eggs last summer. It seems 
now that the species is a fairly common summer resident in the State. 
No doubt it will be found nesting abundantly in southeastern Virginia if 
the proper territory is searched. But already its status as a Virginian 
summer resident is well established, first by my record, and now by Mr. 
Barringer’s ‘ take. — JOHN W. DANIEL, JR., Lynchburg, Va. 
Louisiana and Mississippi Bird Notes. —On March 19, 1898, while on 
_acollecting trip in Jefferson Parish, across the Mississippi from New 
Orleans, I noticed what seemed to bea dull-looking Finch in the upper 
branches of a small tree, feeding on the buds. I shot it, and was aston- 
ished to find ita young male Louisiana Tanager (Piranga ludovictana). 
It was in rather dull, but not worn, plumage, and the adult red was begin- 
ning to show on the loral and mental regions. Besides being so far from 
its usual course of migration, it was very early, April 2, being the earli- 
est date for the arrival of either of our other Tanagers, Prranga rubra 
putting in its appearance on that date in 1898. 
On a collecting trip in Amite County, Miss., my brother, W. B. 
Allison, and myself, saw several Thrushes on Sept. 18, 1897, that we took 
for Hylocichla fuscescens; two specimens were secured, but, owing to bad 
condition of the birds, and to lack of time, only one was skinned. Two 
of the birds were seen the following day. 
The specimen in question was recently identified by Dr. Fisher as 
Flylocichla fuscescens salictcola; this greatly extends the range of this 
subspecies, and the fact that more than one was seen lends additional 
importance to the record. 
Rowing across the bay in front of Bay St. Louis, Miss., on Mayttr, 
1899, I was very much surprised to see a Loon (Gavéa imber), sitting on 
the water a few hundred yards distant. I was at first rather loth to 
believe that this species could be on the Gulf Coast so early in the 
season; but the bird remained all through the fall, and I frequently 
watched it, and heard its unmistakable, weird laugh. As nearly as I 
could tell, it was a young male. 
On August 23, of the same year, I saw two Black-bellied Plovers 
(Charadrius sqguatarola), feeding singly, together, or with Spotted 
Sandpipers (Actctis macularia), at different times of the day. There is 
nothing remarkable about the fact that the Plovers were there, but the 
most interesting thing was that both, which finally flew by me within 
thirty or forty feet, were in full black-bellied plumage, showing that, 
unless by color change and not molt, the black does not pass away in 
the fall specimens. — ANDREW ALLISON, WVew Orleans, La. 
