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330 General Notes. [july 



Carolina coast, all others come from the subtropical parts of Florida. It 

 seems, therefore, surprising to find it so far inland, especially as freezing 

 weather had prevailed a week previously. 



Colinus virginianus floridanus. Florida Bob-white. — Mr. R. W. 

 Williams, Jr., in his preliminary list of the birds of Leon Co. (Auk, XXI, 

 1904, p. 453) gives virginianus as the local form, although he had seen inter- 

 mediates and suspected the occurrence of floridanus in the southern part 

 of the county. On Horseshoe Plantation, in the extreme northern part of 

 the county, my relatives had often spoken of shooting small dark quail, 

 and wondered what they were. On Jan. 1, 1916, six males were shot and 

 brought to me, all alike in size and coloration. -One was preserved, and 

 Dr. Dwight, who kindly compared it with his series, pronounces it a typi- 

 cal floridanus, making the first county record, and so far as I can find 

 the northernmost point from which typical examples of this subspecies have 

 been taken. In considering the status of the species in this section it should 

 be born in mind that it is full of quail preserves which are continually 

 being restocked with northern birds. It is now, of course, impossible to 

 determine definitely which was the original resident form. 



Certhia familiaris americana. Brown Creeper. — The only definite 

 records for Florida that I can find are the two specimens from Leon Co. 

 recorded by Williams. Wa3aie in his notes on the birds of theWacissa 

 and Aucilla River Regions (Auk, XII, 1895, pp. 362-367) lists the Brown 

 Creeper but gives no information about it. It seems, therefore, advisable 

 to record two individuals which I saw on the Horseshoe Plantation, one 

 on Dec. 25, 1915, and another in a totally different part of the plantation 

 on Dec. 26. Unfortunately I was at that time ignorant of the bird's rarity 

 in Florida so made no effort to collect a specimen. — Ludlow Griscom, 

 Ithaca, N. Y. 



