292 General Notes. V^"^^ 



that it flew directly from one point to the other, but in coursing to and 

 fro while searching for food it doubtless added hundreds of miles to 

 its journey. Accompanying the original label is a clipping from ' The 

 Fraternal Union,' Vol. I, No. 2, Bristol, R. I., Dec. 16, 1S75, by W.J. 

 Miller, in -which it is stated: 



"Captain Luther was master of the whaling barque Cachelot of 

 Mattapoiset, Mass., and subsequently on the same voyage fell in with 

 Capt. Edwards, and showed him the paper. Captain Edwards at once 

 recognized it, and confirmed the date and other circumstances as stated." 



We do not often have so authentic a record of the powers of flight and 

 extended range of individuals of this well-named bird. For permission 

 to publish it I am indebted to Prof. H. C Bumpus, Assist. Director of 

 the Brown University Museum. — Frank M. Chapman, American Museum 

 of Natural History, Nexv York- City. 



Another European Widgeon (^A>ias pe>iclo/>e) in Indiana.— Since 

 recording the specimen taken in 1S93, in the April number of 'The Auk ' 

 (Vol. XII, p. 179), I have secured another taken in the same State. This 

 one, a young male, was killed on the Kankakee River marshes, near 

 English Lake, Indiana, on the 7th of April, 1895. It was shot from a 

 small flock of Baldpates by Mr. J. F. Barrell, who, at the time, was shoot- 

 ing about half a mile from me in the same marsh. He kindly presented 

 me with the bird which I now have in m^• collection. This specimen 

 makes the fifth recorded for the interior. — Rithven Deaxe, Chicago, 

 III. 



Record of a Third Specimen of the European Widgeon i^Aiias pcnelope^ 

 in Indiana. — I have recently examined a fine adult male of this Duck, at 

 the olhce of the 'American Field' in Chicago. It was killed in the 

 spring of 1881, or 18S2, on the marshes of the English Lake Shooting 

 and Fishing Club, at English Lake, by the late Samuel H. Turrill. 



I am indebted to Dr. Nicholas Rowe, editor of al)ove paper, for this 

 interesting information. It is a little strange that our foreign visitors to 

 this State should all have been captiu^ed in one locality, at English Lake, 

 at different periods. 



This specimen makes the sixth record for the interior. — ^Ruthven 

 Deane, Chicago, III. 



The Old Squaw (^Clangula hycmalis) in Colorado. — While this Duck 

 occurs regularly in greater or less numbers on Lake Michigan in winter, 

 and is occasionally found on the larger rivers and lakes of the adjacent 

 States, I can find no record of its occurrence west of the Mississippi 

 River. I am indebted to my friend, Mr. John B. Sibley, of Denver, 

 Colorado, for information regarding the capture of a pair, male and 

 female, which he shot on McKay Lake, sixteen miles north of Denver, on 

 November 13, 1892. 



