402 General Notes. [f^ 



a Mexican species that I cannot find has ever before been recorded 

 from the United States. It was previously known from Coahuila and 

 TamauUpas. 



I have just received word from my man in Kerr County that these 

 birds are beginning to nest. — John E. Thayer, Lancaster, Mass. 



The Tufted Tit — A New Record for Canada.— On May 2, 1914, at 

 the far end of the trees on Point Pelee, Ontario, Mr. J. S. Wallace found two 

 Tufted Tits ( Bceolophus hicolor) one of which at least was very talkative. He 

 called the writer over and after watching them a short time we secured one. 



This bird has been sought at Point Pelee as being the most Mkely place, 

 ever since the present contingent began to visit the Point regularly, nearly 

 ten years ago. The bird occurs every fall on Belle Isle which lies between 

 Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, and has been vainly sought on 

 the mainland in Windsor as well as lower down on the Detroit River. 



In lower Ontario the Black-capped Chickadee is the only regular visitor 

 of the family and therefore it was quite an extraordinary event that on 

 May 2 and 3 we saw not only the Black-cap and the Tufted but the Hud- 

 sonian as well. The latter was a single bird talking away to himself at 

 a great rate and very unsuspicious. — W. E. Saunders, London, Ontario. 



Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher {Polioptila ccerulea) at West Haven, Conn. — 



On the morning of April 30, 1914, I observed a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher at 

 West Haven, Conn. The bird was very tame and allowed me to observe 

 it for some time, part of the time from a distance of not more than fifteen 

 feet. Six records of this species in Connecticut are recorded by Sage and 

 Bishop in the " Birds of Connecticut " (page 176). This constitutes the 

 seventh record, and the first since 1892. — Aretas A. Saunders, West 

 Haven, Conn. 



Three New Birds for Champaign County, Illinois. — Rare visitors 

 are the rule this spring and my list of " An Illinois Ten-mile radius " has 

 been lengthened by the appearance of the rare Bohemian Waxwing {Bom- 

 bycilla garrula), the rarer. Yellow-headed Blackbird {Xanthocephalous 

 xanthocephalous) and the extremely rare American Magpie (Pica pica 

 hudsonica) . 



Twelve Bohemian Waxwings visited my residence yard on February 26, 

 1914, the day following a severe northern bhzzard. Examined with glasses 

 at sixty feet, each marking was distinctly observed. Cedar Waxwings are 

 not uncommon with us and are noticeably smaller in comparison with their 

 northern Gypsy cousins. After a half-hour's rest they wheeled into the air 

 as one bird and disappeared in the west. 



On April 26, 1914, the first American Magpie recorded in Ilhnois since 

 1892, was being harassed by a half-dozen Crows in a hedge on the S. S. 

 Love estate, two miles east of Philo. His white markings and strange 

 cries and chatterings made of him a conspicuous object. All other Illinois 

 records are winter ones, and this visit was all the stranger because of its 

 occurring east of central Illinois. 



