^'^••XXVIIj General Notes. 89 



Purple Gallinule, Sabine's Gull, and other Rare Birds in Quebec. — About 

 the miildle of September last a young Purple Gallinule was shot on the 

 beach of the St. Lawrence River about two miles from the city of Quebec, 

 and towards the first of October an adult Sabine's Gull, in its fall plumage, 

 was also shot in the same place, by another sportsman. This bird and the 

 preceding one, which are in my possession, are the first records of their 

 presence in the Province of Quebec. 



In September last, a Meadowlark was captured in a field near a forest 

 at Lorette, about six miles from Quebec. This is the second occurrence of 

 this bird here. 



Mr. J. Beetz, of Piastre Bay, Pointe aux Esquimaux, on the North Shore 

 of the St. Lawrence, has recently sent me one adult specimen of the Mourn- 

 ing Dove shot by him the 23d of October last. We have had until now 

 only five records of its presence in the Province; two near the city of 

 Quebec, and three were recorded some years ago at Godbout, by Mr. N. 

 Comeau, but none so far in the North. 



Mr. Beetz has also sent me one Ruby-throated Hummingbird captured 

 the 25th of September. — C. E. Dionne, Quebec, Canada. 



Colorado Notes. — Geococcyx calif ornianus. Road-runner. — On De- 

 cember 13, 1902, a boy living in University Park came into the shop of Mr. 

 Hugo Todenwarth, then a Denver taxidermist, with a live Road-runner, 

 which he said he had captured in their woodshed on the preceding day. 

 University Park lies at the outskirts of Denver and adjacent to it are wide 

 stretches of virgin prairie land. It seems probable that this bird had left 

 the open country on this winter's day to seek shelter among the abodes 

 of man. 



Calamospiza melanocorys. Lark Bunting. — On December 25, 1931, 

 I shot a male Lark Bunting on Clear Creek, near Denver. On skinning the 

 bird I tried without success to find some wound on account of which it had 

 been detained with us until Christmas-day. It should have gone south 

 with its companions not later than the last of September or the first of 

 October. — A. H. Felger, Denver, Colorado. 



Birds of Central Alberta. — In 'The Auk' for October, 1909, appeared a 

 list of the birds of this district by Sidney S. Stansell, and almost at the 

 same time, an abbreviated list was published by him in the 'Ottawa Natur- 

 alist.' The two lists do not agree with each other, nor do they harmonize 

 with our knowledge of the birds of the region described. May I then be 

 permitted to point out a few of the discrepancies and suggest corrections 

 on other points. 



Whooping Crane. Stated to be "a very common migrant." This may 

 have been intended to read Sand Hill Crane, as the Whooping Crane is now 

 believed to be excessively rare. Preble in his Athabasca-McKenzie Report, 

 states that this bird "has now become almost extinct in the north." 



