300 General Notes. [April 



whom I am indebted for the following information regarding their contents.. 

 In one thej are composed almost wholly of the elytra and other hard 

 parts of a small weevil {Oiiorkynckus ouatus) \ another had only coarse 

 gravel, the ovipositors of a large ichneumon, and a few fine fragments of 

 other insects ; remains of a coleopterous larva were abundant in one or 

 two of the stomachs with unidentifiable parts of a number of other 

 insects. 



Sept. 14, Siasconset. — Four good-sized flocks of Golden Plover passed 

 here this morning during a severe rain squall; they were flying on mi- 

 gration; none came down to land; there were about two hundred and 

 fifty birds in the aggregate. 



There was nothing to note between the last date and Sept. 25; about 

 sunset on this day two flocks of young birds passed from the east towards 

 the west, very low down, the aggregate numbers of which were estimated 

 at about sixty. They alighted for a few moments on the crest of the out- 

 side beach at the south side of the island, and then flew again towards the 

 west, keeping close to the ground. 



The result of the season of 1891 shows much favorable weather for land- 

 ing the birds. It also shows that few birds happened to be passing dur- 

 ing such periods, and consequently few were deflected over the island or 

 came down to rest or feed. It bears out my view, before expressed, that 

 these birds will not stop, unless compelled by adverse weather. 



I have the following note from an acquaintance. — Malpeque, Prince 

 Edward Island, August 24, 1891, the first movement of American 

 Golden Plover today; one hundred and eighteen were seen; none were 

 shot. The weather was like April, wind southeast, first rain, then 

 clear, then rain again in the afternoon. There was no defined large 

 movement after this date, the birds coming along in scattering flocks 

 almost daily. No birds were noted at Tignish (northeast end of the 

 island) until August 31, when a good many were seen.- — George H. 

 Mackay, Nantucket., Mass. 



The Golden Eagle in Pennsylvania. — On Nov. 6, 1S91, a Golden Eagle 

 was shot near Manheim, a dozen miles from here, and was brought to me 

 the next dav. It was an immature male in good condition. This is the 

 first instance which I have known of the bird's occurrence in this vicinity 

 for thirty-five years. Until about 1856, for many years, a pair is said to 

 have nested every year in the southern part of the county on a lofty, jut- 

 ting clift' overlooking the Susquehanna River. — M. W. Raub, Lancaster, 

 Petinsylvatiia . 



The Golden Eagle in Ohio. — On Nov. 10, 1891, Mr. O. B. Franks, a 

 farmer living about five miles south of Wooster, shot a Golden Eagle 

 {Aqiiila chrvsaetos) from a tree in the vicinity of his house. It was in 

 immature plumage, and upon examination proved to be a male. In its 

 stomach were found the remains of a bird. The species seems sufficient- 

 ly rare in this region for its occurrence to merit notice. — Harry C. 

 Oberholser, Wooster, Ohio. 



