248 General Notes. [April 



Another Species Added to the Avifauna of South Carolina. — On 



the afternoon of December 15, I heard that a strange bird had been seen, 

 ■since the morning of the 9th, around Chisolm's Mill on the Ashley River 

 • at the foot of Tradd Street, Charleston, and on going down on the morning 

 'of the 16th, I shot the bird, after a chase of ten minutes, as it lit on a side 

 -fence. It proved to be an Arkansas Kingbird {Tyrannus verticalis) a new 

 species for this state. The bird is a young male in somewhat frayed plum- 

 age. The flame-patch on the crown is very indistinct. 



On dissection I was very much surprised to find that the stomach con- 

 tained, besides insect remains, a fiddler crab and about a dozen seeds. 

 The winter dearth of insect life probably forced the bird to resort to this 

 unusual food. 



In coming to South Carolina this Kingbird had wandered one thousand 

 miles east of its regular route. This record is the seventh east of the 

 Mississippi and the southernmost, by over 400 miles, of the four Atlantic 

 state records. The skin is now in the Charleston Museum. — E. Burnham 

 Chamberlain, Charleston, S. C. 



The Arkansas Kingbird {Tyrannus verticalis) in Rhode Island. — 



Last fall I spent at Watch Hill, R. I. The migration reached its height 

 on September 24. I was working towards a small swamp, trying to 

 count the birds, as the trees, bushes and grass were literally swarming with 

 them. A large flycatcher suddenly flew out of an oak tree in front of 

 me, and settled on a dead branch near the ground about 75 feet away. 

 While on the wing it looked exactly like a Kingbird, and as "this would 

 have been an uncommonly late date I hurried up to get a closer view with 

 my binoculars. What was my surprise when I discovered that my King- 

 bird had bright yellow underparts and no white band on the tip of its tail. 

 There was no doubt but that it was an Arkansas Kingbird. The slate gray 

 back with a very faint tinge of olive and the absence of any rufous on the 

 tail distinguished it from the Crested Flycatcher, not to mention that 

 its shape and flight and habits were totally different. I watched it for 

 half an hour, several times getting within very close range. This is the 

 first record for the state of Rhode Island. — Ludlow Griscom, New York 

 City. 



Capture of Myiarchus crinitus (Linn.) in Eastern Cuba. — A spec- 

 imen of the Crested Flycatcher, in fine condition, was shot on February 18, 

 1913, in the woods at the San Carlos Plantation at Guantdnamo, Oriente 

 Province. This is the fourth record for the Island, and the first for eastern 

 Cuba, as Gundlach's three records are from the western end. — Chas. T. 

 Ramsden, Guantanamo, Cuba. 



An Unusual Observation on the Crow {Corvus brachyrhynchos) at 

 Lubec, Maine. — I have seen non-raptorial birds of various species attack 

 other birds in self defense, or in defense of their nests and young, but 



