^°'yg^''] General Notes. I9I 



Jan. 30, 1S90. There was about one foot of snow on the ground at the 

 time. 



Nyctala acadica. Saw-whet Owl. — A male was taken Nov. 9, 1890. 

 While the Screech Owl is very common this species is extremely rare in 

 this localit\. 



Falco peregrinus anatum. i^icic Hawk. — A male was shot May 29, 



1893, while it was sitting on a piece of drift wood on the beach of Lake 

 Erie. 



Strix pratincola. American Barn Owl. — An adult female in beauti- 

 ful plumage was shot on the shore of Lake Erie by two men who had 

 been Duck hunting. It is the only one that I have ever seen here and 

 old sportsmen of whom I have inquired say the same. Dr. Wheaton 

 says ('Birds of Ohio, 1882'): "Rare Visitor." "Not over half a dozen 

 individuals recorded." 



Sylvania mitrata. Hooded Warbler. — A male was taken Ajirii 23, 



1894, in some underbrush that borders an old railroad near this place, 

 lonornis martinica. Plrple Gallinule. — A male was picked up 



ilead by some bo\s Sept. 2, 1S94, under a telegraph line that runs along 

 the Lake shore. It had flown against the wires and killed itself. So 

 far as I can ascertain, this is the only specimen recorded as taken in 

 Ohio in the fall. Several have been taken in the spring. — Carl 

 Tuttle, Bet'lin Heights, Ohio. 



Notes from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. ^ — Accipiter atricapillus. 

 Goshawk. — A tine specimen was taken October 18, 1893, while in the 

 act of eating an adult Ruffed Grouse {Bonasa iimhellus) it had just 

 stricken down. Another was seen on March 27, 1894, chasing a flock 

 of tame Pigeons, which only escaped by rising high in the air. 



Nyctala acadica. Saw-whet Owl. — A young bird came into my 

 liands this summer and is still retained in captivity, having become an 

 interesting pet. 



Trochilus colubris. RuBY-THRo.vrED Hummingihrd. — Upon dissec- 

 tion,' the gullet of a female taken August 19, 1894, while hovering over 

 a patch of wild flowers, was found to contain from twelve to fourteen 

 small spiders, while broken remains of others were found in the stomach 

 proper. Its gullet was also filled with nectar. 



Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. Yellow-headeu Blackbird. — 

 On October 14, 1894, two males were secured and four other individuals 

 seen. On the 15th two were seen; on the i6th, two; on the 17th, one; 

 a female was taken on the i8th. This is the second instance I know 

 of this species being taken in Michigan, the first being on May 17, 1890, 

 when a male in high plumage was secured by E. E. Brewster at Iron 

 Mountain. 



' Kxamiiiation made by Prof. F. K. L. lieal, Div. Oni. and Mam., Dept. of 

 Agr., Washington, I). C. 



