2o6 General Notes. [April 



Chelidon erythrogaster. — Fairlj common as a spring and fall migrant. 



Tachycineta bicolor. — Like the preceding species, but more abundant 

 and remaining for a longer period in the fall. Flights noted as late as 

 November 25. 



Merula migratoria. — Abundant in flocks during winter. Sometimes 

 lingers as late as March 17. Is hunted as game while here, and soon be- 

 comes very shy of approach. 



Passer domesticus. — This introduced species has appeared in this 

 locality within the past five years, and has increased in numbers so rapidly 

 that at the present time it is as common as in any northern town. Par- 

 ticularly abundant in summer, nesting in colonies among the live-oaks 

 and using the common long moss with a few feathers as building material. 

 — Frank E. Coombs, Patterson, La. 



An Overlooked Volume. — In the Bibliographical Appendix to Dr. 

 Coues's 'Birds of the Colorado Valley,* I can find no reference to a small 

 volume in my library, a short account of which will doubtless be of inter- 

 est to the students of Kentucky ornithology. It consists of a series of let- 

 ters hy G. Imlay, written and published during the latter part of the last 

 century, entitled, " History of Kentucky,"* and containing among other 

 things a catalogue of the mammals and birds of the State. Some forty- 

 two species of the former are given, and their distribution is defined by the 

 degrees of latitude between which they are common. The list of birds is 

 considerably larger, a hundred and twenty-eight species in all being enu- 

 merated, for the most part under the Linnsean as well as the vernacular 

 names. Unfortunately all reference to the distribution and abundance of 

 the various species is omitted, thus detracting much from the value of the 

 list. The Carolina Parrakeet {Conurus carolinensis) and the " Large 

 pouch pelican," iPeleca7ius fnsctts'^) are among the birds mentioned. — J. 

 H. Pleasants, Jr., Baltimore, Md. 



* A I Topographical Description | of the | Western Territory | of | North Amer- 

 ica; I containing | a succinct account | of its | Climate, Natural History, Population, | 

 Agriculture, Manners and Customs, | with | an ample description of the several 

 divi- I sions into which that country is divided. ] And an accurate Statement of the 

 various Tribes of | Indians that inhabit the Frontier Country, | to which is annexed | 

 a delineation of the laws and government | of the | State of Kentucky, | tending to 

 shew the probable rise and | grandeur of the American Empire, | in a series of letters 

 to a friend in | England. | By G. Imlay, I A Captain in the American Army during 

 the late War, and a Commissioner | for laying out Land in the Back Settlements. | 

 New- York: | printed | by Samuel Campbell, | no. 37, Hanover Square: | MDCCXC- 

 III. 2(?) vols. 8vo. Vol. I, pp. (i)— (xxiii), [25]- [260], map. Mammals and birds, 



vol. I, pp. [202]-[209]. 



