%fl] General Notes. l8i 



On Dec. S, 1893, a young bird which had but recenllv left its nest (a 

 good deal of down still showing through its plumage) was caught by one 

 of the watchmen and turned over to the Ornithological collection, where 

 I saw it while still in the flesh. This specimen was probably hatched 

 some time in October, and I considered this a rather remarkable, late 

 breeding record at the time. On ?'cb. 27, 1895, another specimen of 

 about the same age was picked up in :i bush in the Smithsonian grounds, 

 in which it became entangled, and this was certainly not over two months 

 old and must have been hatched in the latter part of December, 1894, if 

 not early in January, 1895, certainly a most unusual time of the vear for 

 this Owl to breed in this latitude. — CuAS. E. Bendire, Washington, 

 D. C. 



The Great Gray and Hawk Owls in St. Lawrence County, N. Y. — 

 While at Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., recently, I examined a 

 local collection of mounted birds and study skins owned by Mr. 11. M. 

 Davidson. In it I found three Great Gray Owls {Scotiapte.x cincrea), 

 all of wiiich had been sliol in the county within a period of five years. 

 I also found four American Hawk Owls {Stirnia alula caparoc//) which 

 had been secured within the past few years in a large swamp in the 

 township of Hammond, which is in the same county. 



On the 19th of December, 1894, while at Carthage, which is at the 

 western border of Jefferson County, Ne^v York State, I saw a Grackle — 

 species not determined, as the bird flew on my approach. The day was 

 bright and clear, with the temperature but little above 20°. A farmer 

 near me remarked that he "guessed that bird had made a mistake and 

 thought spring had come." — William Dutciier, Netv Tork City. 



An Albino Ruby-crowned Kinglet. — -On F'ebruary 4 I shot, near this 

 place, a nearly perfect albino Ruby-crowned Kinglet {Regulus calendula). 

 The bird was a female and the only one I have seen here for some time. 

 The body is pine cream\ white, w ith a wash of lemon yellow on the 

 rump; head grayish brown, with numerous flecks of white- The edges of 

 the tail and wing feathers are edged with yellowish white, giving a frosty 

 appearance to the closed wing and tail and hiding largely the otherwise 

 dusky feathers. — A. W. Anthony, San Diego, Cal. 



Clark's Nutcracker. — In my note on Clark's Nutcracker in 'The Auk ' 

 for January, 1895 (p. 82), the heading reads ' Clark's Nutcracker in Eastern 

 Missouri.' This is a geographical error and should read Western Mis- 

 souri, as Kansas City is divided by the Missouri-Kansas State line and is 

 situated in the western border of Jackson County. 



Mr. Goss, in his ' Birds of Kansas,' speaks of this species as being an 

 accidental visitant to Kansas and mentions only one specimen as secured 

 in that State, and of which a part of the skin was sent to him for identifi- 

 cation. This bird was killed August 13, near the south line of Marshall 



