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GENERAL NOTES. 



Briinnich's Murre in Oneida County, N. Y. — The first week of Decem- 

 ber last, a specimen ot" Briinnich's Miu-re {Uria lomvia) was caught alive, 

 a few miles south of this place, bj a school girl, on the road between 

 Lime Kiln Creek and Black River Canal. The bird was kept in confine- 

 ment for a couple of daj's, when it died. It was offered meat, but refused 

 to eat. As near as I can ascertain the bird was captured December 5, 

 1894. 



Late in December I obtained possession of another specimen of this 

 same species. This one was captured alive b}' a farmer, about December 

 15, a few miles south of where the other was caught. It lived but two 

 days in confinement. The stomachs of both birds were empt\'. Mr. 

 Egbert Bagg informs me that a specimen of this same Murre was caught 

 alive at Utica, December 24. This is the first record of Uria lomvia from 

 Oneida County. — William S. Johnson, Boonvillc, N. 1'. 



Briinnich's Murre {Uria lomvia) in Connecticut. — I have a specimen 

 of this species which was shot at Rocky Hill, Conn., Nov. 18, 1893. 

 The man who shot it said it was very tame and that it permitted a very 

 near approach. On dissection it was found to be in very lean condition. 

 This is the first occurrence of this bird in this locality so far as I can 

 learn. ^ — -Willard E. Treat, East Hartford, Coiiii. 



The Pacific Kittiwake at San Diego, California. — About the first of 

 February I noticed a small immature Gull among a flock of Lams dela-* 

 'cvarcHsis near one of the San Diego wharves, that was evidently different 

 from its associates. One other Gull in the flock seemed to be similar, 

 but as it w-as an adult its distinctive marks were less noticeable, and owing 

 to the proximitj' to the wharves and shipping I was uiialile to shoot 

 either. A week later I saw what I have i-eason to think was the same Gull, 

 at the same wharf, and identified it as an immature Rissa tridactyla pollica- 

 ris. The same bird was several times seen feeding about the garbage scow 

 in company with Glacous-winged, Western, American Herring, Ring-billed, 

 and Heermann's Gulls, and was at all times noticeably fearless, so much 

 so that on two occasions I nearly secured it with a stone. No opportunity 

 for shooting it was offered until Feb. 26, when it was seen alone at some 

 distance from its usual haunt. A few pieces of meat thrown from the 

 door of a boat-house soon brought a swarm of common (tuUs, ami with 

 them the stranger, which was easily secured. This extends the known 

 range of the species considerably south of all published records. 



In this same connection I would mention the probable occurrence in 

 San Diego Bay of Larus vegce the past winter, a Gull being several times 

 seen about the wharves that I think was that species, but as it could not 

 be secured the record is open to question. — A. W. Anthony, San Diego, 

 Calif. 



