80 General Notes. [f^^ 



Golden Eagle taken in West Florida. — An adult female Golden Eagle 

 (Aqidla chnjsaetos) was taken near DeFuniak Springs, Florida, on Novem- 

 ber 1, 1909. This is the third individual of this species taken in this 

 vicinity during the past two years, all three specimens having been exam- 

 ined and identified by the writer. The first was taken on January 17, 

 1908, and the second on January 31, 1908. — G. Clyde Fisher, DeFuniak 

 Springs, Florida. 



The Osprey a Breeder on the Catawba River, near Morganton, North 

 Carolina. — Among the vaost noteworthy birds that were mounted and 

 on exhibition in Leslie's drug store at Morganton, was a specimen of the 

 Osprey {Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) . It was mounted with a Yellow- 

 billed Cuckoo {Coccyzus arnericanus) in its talons! I was informed that the 

 Osprey breeds regularly on the Catawba River, although I did 7iot see any 

 birds. 



In his paper, 'An Ornithological Reconnaissance in Western North 

 Carolina," Mr. Brewster does not mention the Osprey. The country in 

 the near vicinage of Morganton must be considered the westernmost 

 breeding range for the species in the State. — ■ Arthur T. Wayne, Mount 

 Pleasant, S. C. 



A New Name for Psephotus multicolor. — Psiitacus nndticolor (Tem- 

 minck MS. 1819) "Brown" fide Kuhl, Conspectus Psittacorum, p. 55, 

 No. 88 (1820); also Temminck, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 1, XIII, 

 part 1, p. 119 (1821) (= Psephotus multicolor auctorum) is unfortunately 

 preoccupied by Psittacus midticolor Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, p. 328 (1788), 

 applied to the Blue-bellied Lorikeet. The species commonly known as 

 Psephotus nndticolor may be called Psephotus varius. — Austin H. Clark, 

 1726 Eighteenth St., Washington, D. C. 



Fork-tailed Flycatcher in Maine. — In late December, 1908, a corre- 

 spondent wrote to me giving the description of a "peculiar bird" she had 

 seen in the flesh while in the possession of an Indian guide and " taxiderm- 

 ist," and asking what it could possibly be. Her description made it 

 absolutely certain that the bird inust belong to the genus Muscivora, but 

 which species was a inatter requiring more data. After nearly a year's 

 waiting I have at last had the specimen sent to me for identification and 

 it is before me as this is written. It is a typical specimen of M. tyrannus, 

 agreeing in measurements with those given by Ridgway for the female 

 of the species. Though originally in good plumage it has been mounted by 

 "main strength and foot power" and would require careful remounting 

 to make it presentable. 



The bird was shot near the mill of Mr. S. M. Holway in the town of 



1 Auk, III, 1886, 103. 



