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Where the author, editor, or compiler got authority for the above 

 statement is to me a question. In 1S76 I published a list of Michigan 

 birds; it is not included in this list. In 1878 I prepared a MSS. list; 

 it is not in this list. In 1SS1 I published my last list, and it is not in this. 

 Will some one tell me where the aforesaid author found his authority for 

 the above statement? Now the fact is, I did kill Tringa bairdii, in 

 Michigan, on Aug. 15, 1893, — a male bird, at 'The Over-flow,' four miles 

 east of Ann Arbor, which specimen was presented to Michigan Univer- 

 sity Museum, and can be seen there at any time. — Adolphe B. Covert, 

 Ann Arbor, Mich. 



The Belted Piping Plover in Massachusetts. — During a trip to Marsh- 

 field, Mass., on April 20, 1896, I started two small Plovers from a sandy 

 beach. They were very wild and difficult to approach but after several 

 attempts I managed to secure one of them. 



The bird proved to be a male Belted Piping Plover (/fcgialitis meloda 

 c.ircumcincta') , the band across the breast being very dark and well 

 marked. This is the first time I have met with this bird in the spring, 

 although it occasionally occurs during the fall migration. — Foster II. 

 Brackett, Boston, Mass. 



Discovery of the Eggs of the Belted Piping Plover. — As I am not 

 aware that the nest and eggs of this species {JEgialitis meloda circum- 

 cincta) have been previously recorded, perhaps the following notes will 

 be of interest to oologists. 



Mr. Oliver Spanner of Toronto after reading 'Bird Nesting in North 

 West Canada' decided to make a trip to Lake Manitoba and while there 

 secured eggs of this species. On June 19, 1895, he found a nest on Birch 

 Island near the west shore of Lake Manitoba. The nest consisted of a 

 depression in the sand lined with bits of drift weed, and contained three 

 eggs which are similar to those of the common Piping Plover; the ground 

 color is pale buff and they are finely spotted with black and purple gray, 

 averaging in size 1.25 X 1.00. Both eggs and skin of the parent are now 

 in my collection. Mr. Spanner also obtained young birds in the down 

 at the same time, and as he saw several pairs of these Plovers, together 

 with solitary Sandpipers, no doubt these were nesting in the vicinity. 

 — W. Raine, Toronto, Canada. 



Recent Capture of the Golden Eagle near Portland, Maine. — The 

 Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is so rare in the neighborhood of Port- 

 land that a recent capture should be recorded. I have an adult male 

 specimen, sent to me in flesh, which was shot at Duck Pond, Windham, 

 October 14, 1S91. — Henry H. Brock, Portland, Me. 



Golden Eagles in Virginia. — Mr. David N. McCadden, taxidermist at the 

 Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, received three Golden Eagles 



