464 Oeneral Notes. [oS 



On June 4 of the same year, while collecting with Mr. Herbert K. Job 

 in Woodmont, I obtained another typical male Lawrence's Warbler. 

 After about two hours' search a female Blue- winged Warbler {V. pinus) 

 was flushed from a nest containing 4 of her eggs and 2 of the Cowbird 

 (Molothrus ater) about thirty feet from the tree where the male Lawrence's 

 was shot. As no others of this genus were noted within a quarter of a 

 mile I have no doubt these birds were mated. The nest, eggs and location 

 were typical of V. pinus, as was to be expected. All are now in my col- 

 lection. — Louis B. Bishop, New Haven, Conn. 



Seven Erroneous South and North Carolina Records. — In 'The 

 Auk' for July, 1910, pp. 312-322, a list of birds, under the title 'Birds ob- 

 served in the Carolinas,' is given by Mr. P. B. Philipp, and the following 

 "records" are erroneous and need correction, viz.: 



"23. Rallus crepitans. Clapper Rail. Very abundant in the extensive 

 salt marshes around Charleston Harbor and Bull's Bay, S. C, where it was 

 seen or heard daily June 10-15. One nest, with four fresh eggs, was taken 

 June 14 on St. James [James] Island, S. C." 



These Rails were all Rallus crepitans ivaynei, which is the resident breed- 

 ing form. 



"29. Numenius longirostris. Long-billed Curlew; Jack Curlew. A 

 flock of six was seen June 12 on Bird Island Shoal, Bull's Bay, S. C. 

 There is a persistent idea among fishermen and baymen of the region that 

 this species breeds here; we did not find a nest, however, and did not hear 

 of any nest ever being found." 



The birds "seen" by Mr. Philipp were without doubt examples of 

 Numenius hudsonicus which is always present during the entire month 

 of June. N . longirostris [= aniericanus] has been extinct on the South 

 Carolina coast for at least ten years — and never bred. (See Auk, XXIII, 

 1906, 59-61.) 



"46. Dryobates villosus. Hairy Woodpecker. Not common at Lake 

 Ellis, N. C. This species was recorded by Mr. Abbott as occurring in 

 the heavy timber between Ellis and Great Lakes, where it was seen June 

 18. Another was seen feeding on a dead pine stump near Havelock, N. C, 

 June 16." 



Dryobates villosus does not, in my opinion, range as far south on the 

 North Carolina coast as latitude 36° N., the resident breeding form being 

 Dryobates villosus auduboni. 



"67. Pipilo erythrophthalmus. Towhee. Common among the Sea 

 Islands, S. C. Particularly noted June 15 on St. James [James] Island, 

 where a pair with a brood of young were seen." 



The resident breeding form is Pipilo erythrophthalmus alleni. 



"72. Riparia riparia. Bank Swallow. Uncommon and unusual 

 during the summer in the Sea Islands, S. C. Two were seen by Mr. 

 Abbott on St. James [James] Island, June 15." 



The birds recorded by Mr. Philipp, as well as those "seen" by Mr. 



