Vol. XXXIl 

 1914 J 



General Notes. 



543 



Schorger visited the place and fortunately found the bird still present. He 

 collected it and it proved to be an adult Bell's Vireo. The specimen was 

 forwarded to the Biological Survey for examination and from their records 

 as well as those of the Kumhen and Holhster list of 1903, it appears to be 

 the first specimen of Bell's Vireo taken in Wisconsin. It is now in Mr. 

 Schorger's collection — No. 46. 



Although the bird acted as though established, remaining in one locality 

 and singing frequently, no signs of a mate or of a nest could be found. It 

 seems probable from the size of the testes and his continual singing that 

 this was an unmated bird and that his presence here does not indicate a 

 breeding record. — Norman deW. Betts, Madison, Wise. 



San Lucas Verdin (Auriparus flariceps lamprocephalus) in California. 

 — I take pleasure in recording the capture of the Cape Verdin north of the 

 Mexican Boundary. 



Some time ago I received from Mr. L. E. Wyant of Los Angeles, a pair 

 of Verdins which were taken by Mr. H. Wright at Mecca, Cal., March 19, 

 1911. 



These birds were so much smaller and lighter than others in my collection 

 that I sent them to Mr. Harry C. Oberholser for positive identification, 

 which proved them to be as I surmised, Auriparus flaviceps lamprocephalus. 

 They are smaller and lighter in color than the Verdin from Texas. The 

 type, (No. 117551 Coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.) was taken by C. H. Townsend, at 

 Cape San Lucas, Lower Cahfornia, April 7, 1889 and described by Mr. 

 Oberholser in Vol. XIX of 'The Auk' in 1897. Specimens in my collection 

 measure as follows: 



Auriparus flaviceps. 



Henry K. Coale, Highland Park, III. 



Notes from Springfield, Mass. — Anas platyrhynchos. — Sixteen 

 years ago about a dozen Mallard Ducks were placed in Forest Park, a 

 public reservation in Springfield, bordering on the Connecticut river, con- 

 sisting of about four hundred and sixty acres of land, and containing a 



