Vol-XXVIIJ General Notes. 205 



'Key to the Water Birds of Florida' is that "it occasionally wanders to 

 our shores." In Bulletin No. 26 of the Biological Survey, Wells W. Cooke 

 in his article ' Distribution and Migration of North American Ducks, Geese 

 and Swans' says, in respect to the European Widgeon, that "on the 

 Atlantic coast the dates are almost entirely in the fall and winter. . . . 

 there are only three records after February 5." If this is the case, and I 

 find no evidence to the contrary, this is the fourth record only after the 

 date he mentions, for the Atlantic coast. — S. Prescott Fay, Boston, 

 Mass. 



Two Records of the Golden-eye at De Funiak Springs, Florida. — On 

 December 5. 1907, an adult female Golden-eye Duck (Clangula clangula 

 americana) was taken on a small fresh-water lake near De Funiak Springs, 

 Florida. The specimen was taken by M. Harry Moore, and mounted by 

 him. It was sent to the American Museum of Natural History, and 

 identified by W. De W. Miller froiu an examination of the specimen. 



On November 20, 1909, an adult female of the same species was seen on 

 the same lake. It was observed under such favorable conditions that 

 there was no doubt in my mind as to the identification. 



Prof. Wells W. Cooke says that this is "almost the extreme limit of its 

 southern range, as it has been noted only a few times in Florida." — G. 

 Clyde Fisher, De Funiak Springs, Florida. 



Nesting of the Black Duck in Yates County, N. Y. — May 26, 1907, I 

 found a nest of the Black Duck {Anas ruhripes) in Potter Swamp. The 

 locality was a young second growth of maple, beech and ash of four to eight 

 inches in diameter. The ground was nearly dry and covered with a rank 

 growth of ferns and skunk cabbage. The female was flushed from a 

 bunch of six small maples growing from a mound about three feet above 

 the surrounding ground and there in the center of the bunch of trees were 

 six eggs layed on a few broken fern stems and dead leaves. 



On my next visit (June 2) there were nine eggs and a nice lot of down 

 had been placed around and among the eggs. A farmer told Mr. C. F. 

 Stone of finding a nest of this duck in Potter Swamp in 1892 or 189.3, but 

 this is the first authentic record to my knowledge. — Verdi Burtch, 

 Branchport, N. Y. 



A Bittern taken in West Florida. — On November 17, 1909, an adult male 

 Bittern {Boiaurus lentiginosus) was taken near De Funiak Springs, Florida. 

 This is the first individual of this species that I have seen in this vicinity 

 in the two and one-half years that I have been here, so I conclude that 

 it is probably somewhat rare. This specimen, which was in excellent 

 condition, was taken in a dry ' broom-sedge ' field, — a rather unusual place, 

 it seemed to me. Its stomach contained two grasshoppers which it had 

 probably captured in this field. The bird was killed by Wm. F. Jones 

 while out quail hunting. 



