° 1912 J General Notes. Ill 



*Acanthis linaria (linaria?). Redpoll. — Mr. Saunders reports hav- 

 ing seen a small flock of Redpolls in West Short Pine Hills on November 6. 



*Plectrophenax nivalis nivalis. Snow Bunting. — Flocks were seen 

 by Mr. Saunders during the last half of November and the first half of 

 December, the time that he spent in this region. 



*Calcarius lapponicus lapponicus. Lapland Longspur. — Reported 

 by Saunders to have been abundant during his stays. 



*Spizella monticola ochracea. Western Tree Sparrow. — Com- 

 mon in the Short Pine Hills in December (Saunders). 



*Passerina cyanea. Indigo Bunting. — One seen in Slim Buttes, 

 June 12, 1911. 



Piranga ludoviciana. Western Tanager. — One of the most con- 

 spicuous of the birds in the Short and Long Pine Hills at the middle of 

 June. Two nests found. 



Bombycilla garrula. Bohemian Waxwing. — Reported by several 

 to have been in 1910-1911 one of the most numerous of the winter birds 

 of the pines. 



Seiurus aurocapillus. Ovenbird. — Nested abundantly in the Short 

 Pines in 1911. 



*Setophaga ruticilla. Redstart. — Several pairs nested in the 

 Slim Buttes in 1911. 



*Sitta carolinensis aculeata. Slender-billed Nuthatch. — ■ Seen 

 November 8 in the East Short Pine Hills by Mr. Saunders. 



*Planesticus migratorius propinquus. Western Robin. — More 

 abundant in 1911 in the pines than was the Eastern Robin. — Stephen 

 Sargent Visher, Vermillion, S. D. 



Notes from West Virginia. Empidonax trailli alnorum. — From 

 August 5 to 11, 1909, I spent several days with a collecting party in the 

 Cranberry Glades, Pocahontas County, West Virginia. Many northern 

 species of plants, mammals, and birds were found there. Among these 

 were Alder Flycatchers in considerable numbers. Three specimens were 

 taken, all of which were young birds. One of these young birds was fed 

 by an adult just a moment before it was shot. Very frequently during 

 my stay in this region one or two adults accompanied by three or four 

 young were seen. They were most common in the alder thickets about 

 the edges of the glades. 



Peucaea aestivalis bachmani. — My first record of the occurrence 

 of Bachman's Sparrow in West Virginia was made in Wood County in 

 late summer, 1903. Since then it has become quite common in the central 

 and northern parts of the State. Many were observed at Waverly, Wood 

 County, from 1903 to 1907. In certain old fields, near the edge of the 

 woods, the males might be heard in song almost any day from April 25, 

 when they first appeared, till midsummer, when the song period seemed to 

 cease. More recent records have been made as follows: — 



Morgantown, observed in spring and summer, 1909-1911. 



