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GENERAL NOTES. 



Occurrence of the Wood Ibis ( Tantalus loc/t/ator) in Bristol County, 

 Massachusetts. — Mr. J. W. Critchlev, of Providence, Rhode Island, writes 

 me that "late in the afternoon of July 17, 1S96, a woman came into the 

 store with a Wood Ibis which her husband had shot that morning at a 

 small mud pond in Seekonk, Massachusetts. It is a voting bird but the 

 primaries, secondaries and tail have the black and greenish brown of the 

 adult. The rest of the wings with the back are white. The head is bald 

 but the neck is covered with dark, down v feathers." 



This specimen proved, on dissection, to be a male. Mr. Critchlev has 

 mounted it and I have just purchased it of him for my New England 

 collection. — William Brewster, Cambridge, Mass. 



Wilson's Snipe in Nova Scotia in Winter. — During the months of 

 January and February, 1S96, I frequently flushed a pair of Wilson's Snipe 

 {Ga/linago delicafa) from a small fresh-water swamp near this town, 

 known as Willow Hollow. This swamp is watered by many springs, 

 situated in a well sheltered place, and remains open all winter. 



Is not this pretty far north for these birds to winter? The winter was 

 severe with much snow. — Harold F. Tufts. Wolfville, Nova Scotia. 



The Wild Pigeon at Englewood, N. J. — Mr. C. Irving Wood permits 

 me to record his capture of a Wild Pigeon (Ectofiistes migratorius) at 

 Englewood, N. J., June 23, 1S96. The bird was alone It has been 

 mounted by Mr. J. Ullrich, a local taxidermist, in whose possession I saw 

 it It is a young female molting from the first into mature plumage. — 

 Frank M. Chapman. American Museum of Natural History, New York- 

 City. 



Recent Record of the Passenger Pigeon in Southern Wisconsin. — 

 On September 8, 1896, I was fortunate enough to be presented with a 

 beautiful immature male Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistcs migrator/us) 

 which was killed that afternoon by a local hunter. It was a single bird 

 ami was shot from a dead tree near Delavan Lake; the crop was well 

 filled with acorns and grasshoppers. This is the first record of the 

 capture of the Wild Pigeon here in many years, and I consider myself 

 extremely lucky in obtaining so fine a specimen. — N. Hollister, Dela- 

 van, Wis. 



The Turkey Vulture in the Catskills. — Dr. H. H. Rusby informs me 

 that on September 1, 1S96, he saw a Turkey Vulture (Cat/iartcs aura) 

 at Ulsterville, Ulster County, N. Y. The bird at one time was sailing 



