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Similarly, a bird seen from B only, against the left half of the moon 

 must have been in the area B F' E. On October 10 the points F 

 and F' ranged between 1500 and 1600 feet from the ground, never 

 being higher than the latter distance. Of the 46 birds seen by 

 the observers separately, 24 were in the areas A F E and B F' E, 

 and, therefore, certainly less than 1600 feet high. The remaining 

 22 birds were in the areas A C F and B D F' , and the upper limit 

 of their height could not be determined. 



If observations and measurements such as those recorded above 

 coidd be made at various places over the country, especially along 

 well traveled routes of migration, the result would be an accu- 

 mulation of statistics in regard to the height and direction of the 

 migratory flight, the value of which is apparent to every ornithol- 

 ogist. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Audubon's Shearwater and Peale's Petrel Breeding in Bermuda. 

 — On March 4, 1906, Mr. Louis L. Mowbrey of St. George, Bermuda, took 

 an Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus auduboni) and egg on a small islet off 

 the southeastern end of Bermuda. Another bird and egg were taken on 

 March 11. In each instance the bird was taken on the nest, which was 

 in a hole of the rock without moss or lining of any kind. As far as I can 

 learn this is the most northern record for the breeding of this bird. One 

 of these birds and an egg is now in my collection. 



On Feb. 22, 1906, Mr. Louis L. Mowbrey took a Peale's Petrel {Wstrdata 

 gularis) in a hole of the rock overlooking the sea and washed by the spray. 

 The bird was taken after a southwest gale. Peale's Petrel is not included 

 in the A. O. U. Check-List, but I am sure of the identification of the bird, 

 and am glad to be able to put on record the first instance of Peale's Petrel 

 being taken in the Northern Hemisphere. The bird is now in the collec- 

 tion of the Bermuda Natural History Society. — Thomas S. Bradlee, 

 Nahant, At ass. 



The Water Turkey and Tree Ducks near Tucson, Arizona. — Sep- 

 tember 12, 1893, a Water Turkey {Anhinga anhinga) was killed on Silver 

 Lake, a small body of water on the Santa Cruz, about two miles south of 

 Tucson. At that time it was the only bird of the kind I ever saw, and, 

 so far as I know, the only one taken in the Territory. It was a female 



