106 General Notes.' [jan. 



general impression is given that the Broad-winged Hawk is a very rare 

 summer resident of southern New Jersey, while it is said that the Louisiana 

 Water-Thrush is entirely absent, or at least no records of it have been 

 secured. It is with the idea of giving additional information on this 

 subject that I record the following. 



I have several records of the Broad-winged Hawk in summer from 

 Clementon, Dennis ville, and Bennetts, and on May 27, 1908, saw a pair at 

 Ludlam Lake near Dennisviile which had a nest nearby, judging from their 

 actions. 



The Louisiana Water-Thrush is undoubtedly a rare summer resident 

 but nevertheless in three successive trips near Bennetts, Cape County, 

 I have found one or two pairs each time during the breeding season, and 

 David narrower has also observed them in this vicinity. This information 

 is given solely with the object of increasing the records extant of the birds 

 in this locality. — Richard C. Harlow, State College, Pa. 



Western Records of the Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis). — A recent 

 note in ' The Auk ' on a Catbird taken at Nampa, Idaho, reminded me of 

 a specimen in my collection taken at Sparta, Oregon, August 11, 1906, 

 where several were seen at the time. This is the farthest west I have ever 

 seen the species but I have found them common all over the Snake River 

 valley from Nampa, Idaho, east to Pocatello, Idaho, and north of Boise 

 in the foothills where they breed in considerable numbers. — Stanley G. 

 Jewett, Portland, Oregon. 



An unusually late Nesting Date of the Catbird ( Dumetella caro- 

 linensin). — On August 20, 1911, I flushed a Catbird from her nest near 

 Fort Lee, N.J. The nest contained two newly hatched young and one egg. 

 Believing this to be an unusually late nesting date I thought it worthy of 

 record. — ■ J. A. Weber, Palisades Park, N. J. 



Capture of the Carolina Wren at Portland, Maine.— It is my wish 

 to place on record the taking of a Carohna Wren {Thryothorus ludovicianus 

 ludovicianus) on November 3, 1911, since it is, I beheve, but the second of 

 its kind ever seen in this vicinity. The bird flew into my sunroom where I 

 secured it by casting a light cloth over it, and placed it in a canary cage 

 swathed about with mosquito netting to prevent its fighting the bars. 

 The bird was active, seemed in good condition, and, with the coming of 

 night, slept serenely ; but it died unexpectedly in the morning when I was 

 out of the room. It had taken a little mockingbird food and a little sonked 

 cracker, but showed no hking for either. Mr. Arthur H. Norton, who 

 prepared the bird's skin for the Natural History Museum, states that it 

 was an old female and died apparently from natural causes. 



I find that my neighbor had watched this bird in her garden the day 

 before its fatal visit to my house. Bowdoin Street is on the southwestern 



